Dayana Yastremska vs Maria Sakkari Prediction & Picks - WTA Linz

Prediction published on 1/31/25, 2:27 AM  by Lou Aguila | Modified on 1/31/25 at 2:30 AM in Tennis Picks

It’s the battle between two seeded players as No.3 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece tussles up with Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine on Friday in the 2025 Upper Austria Ladies Linz quarterfinal. Sakkari defeated Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets 6-3 6-2 to clinch her third win of the year. Trying to recover from a first-round exit at the Australian Open, Sakkari was on point in her service game, collecting 29 points off her first serves and holding 100 percent of her serves. The Greek also secured three breakpoint conversions that kept her Hungarian opponent at bay throughout the match. Meanwhile, Yastremska also advanced to the quarterfinal with a clinical win over Antonia Ruzic of Croatia 7-5 6-1. The Ukrainian weathered a feisty challenge from Ruzic in the first set by breaking in the 12th game to clinch a 1-0 lead. Yastremska faced a similar situation she had in the first set when she dropped the opening game. But instead of allowing Ruzic to turn the tables, Yastremska unleashed a relentless attack that earned her the next six games of the second set.