The No.6 seed battled back from a 5-2 deficit in the third set to beat Russian qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3), to seal a first-round victory at the Premier event in over two-and-a-half hours.
After a pair of first round exits in St. Petersburg in each of the past two years, Sakkari took the long way to her first main draw win at the event, and saved a match point when Diatchenko first served for victory in the eighth game of the set.
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