Sakkari is the third in a row to play a round out.
The WTA Bad Homburg 500 started with a "shocking upset"! On the first match day of this tournament on the 24th, the top seed Sakkari was reversed 1-2 by the host player, the current world No. 96 Nimeier, and the upset of the first round of the tour also "achieved" three consecutive tournaments and one round, and considering that Sakkari is still ranked 9th in the world, it may be really difficult to cause too much controversy to say that the Greek fierce woman is the top 10 player in women's tennis today.
Speaking of Nimeier, who is not well-known and currently ranked only 96th in the world, many Chinese fans may immediately think of her match with Wang Xinyu in the first round of this year's French Open women's singles.
Niemeier pulled off a wonderful comeback.
Facing top seed and world No. 9 Sakkari, Nimeer also had a terrible start, with the Greek women breaking twice to take a 6-2 lead. Judging by the performances of the first set between the two sides, it seems that it is only a matter of time before Sakkari gets off to a flying start at Bad Homburg, after all, Nimeier's lack of presence in women's tennis has always been a big problem for her fitness – and the French Open was reversed by Wang Xinyu.
Unfortunately, Sakkari not only did not benefit from Nimeier's shortcomings, but instead achieved another "battle for fame" for Nimeier. Sakkari, who quickly lost the second set 2-6 and had to play the deciding set with Nimeier, still could not recover from the poor performance in the second set, although the top seed saved a match point and "tenaciously" dragged the deciding set into a tie-break, but after entering the tie-break, Sakkari was the first to collapse, and Nimeier easily cashed in on the second match point of his game, thus winning the fourth game of his career against a top 10 player (5 losses).
Sakkari has suffered four defeats in a row.
Sakkari is undoubtedly in embarrassment again after being reversed by the unknown Nimeier, but it must also be admitted that this is not the first time that Sakkari has suffered such an embarrassing defeat recently. Back at the Rome 1000 in early May, Sakkari "sent eggs" to eliminate Karenina and "held her head high" to advance to the top 16 of the women's singles, and then was "beaten" by Azarenka, and finally lost 4-6, 1-6. And since this game, Sakkari has not tasted victory so far.
In the first round of the French Open women's singles, she faced the world No. 88 Gracheva, and Sakkari took a 6-3 lead and was reversed by her opponent; The Berlin 500 Women's Singles faced Azarenka again in the first round, and Sakkari lost 4-6, 2-6, and the only "consolation" was that Sakkari won one more game than the last time he faced Azarenka...... and then to the reversal by Nimeier in this game, Sakkari suffered 4 consecutive defeats, and at the same time, he was also embarrassed by 3 consecutive tournaments, which is no less than a huge torture for a TOP10 player.
Sakkari was beaten by Swiatek in Indian Wells.
What's even more frustrating for the Greek fierce woman is that with 19 wins and 12 losses so far this season, her only highlight moment may be to reach the final of the Indian Wells 1000 tournament, and in addition to the recent 4 consecutive defeats and 3 consecutive first-round tours, she has also had the embarrassing experience of two consecutive tournaments and one trip in the Abu Dhabi 500 (0-2 Kostia) and Doha 1000 (1-2 Noskova) after the Australian Open women's singles second round (0-2 Avanexiang). By the way, despite reaching the Indian Wells 1000 women's singles final, Sakkari also suffered a 4-6, 0-6 defeat in the final against Swiatek.
With a measly 19-12 record so far this season, an embarrassing five-tournament run and a nobody-notch comeback before Wimbledon began, Sakkari is clearly the top 10 contender in women's tennis. However, it may be added that due to Sakkari's 1-2 reversal in the first round of Wimbledon women's singles last year, Sakkari, who has no pressure to keep points, seems to be "firmly in the top 10" for some time to come!