Maria Sakkari eased through to the round of 16 of the Olympic women’s singles tennis tournament, defeating Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic 2-0 in the first round.
A few hours later, she met her opponent in the second round. It was the Chinese Yuan Yu, number 40 in the world ranking, who eliminated Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5, 6-7, 6-2.
The two players have faced each other twice so far, with Sakkari having two wins in as many games.
The last one happened this year at the Miami Open, where the Greek won 6-2, 6-2.