Greek wildcard Maria Sakkari reached the second round of the Washington Open by winning against Englishwoman Katie Boulter 6-3, 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Monday night.
She will play against American Emma Navarro, seed No. 2.
The straight-sets win underlines Sakkari’s return to form, bouncing back after a challenging season, and keeps alive her strong track record in Washington – she was the finalist here in 2023.
Sakkari is world No. 90.
Washington WTA 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.282.951, most recent results first):
Venus Williams vs. Peyton Stearns
Naomi Osaka vs. Yulia Putintseva
Marta Kostyuk vs. Emma Raducanu
Hailey Baptiste vs. Sofia Kenin
Anna Kalinskaya vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
McCartney Kessler vs. Caroline Dolehide
Taylor Townsend vs. Tatjana Maria
Magda Linette vs. Danielle Collins
Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Magdalena Frech: monday
Leylah Fernandez beat Maya Joint: 6-3, 6-3
Victoria Mboko (WC) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-2, 6-4