In the final set, Sakkari shrugged off Krejcikova’s eight-minute toilet break as well as the rising pressure as her opponent slowly returned to the match. From 5-3, Krejcikova saved the match point with a glorious driven cross-court backhand volley and they were quickly tied at 5-5. After Krejcikova saved Sakkari’s match point on her serve at 3-5, Sakkari then saved three of Krejcikova’s match points on her serve at 6-7 with phenomenal back-to-the-wall attack. On the Czech’s fourth match point, Sakkari’s forehand was called out and Krejcikova celebrated her victory. Krejcikova could have lost it all there but she had the wherewithal to return to the baseline, generate another match point and finally secure victory.

Source: The Irish Times June 10, 2021 19:52 UTC