Elisabetta Cocciaretto surprises Donna Vekic 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Palermo on Wednesday. Cocciaretto will fight against Anett Kontaveit or Laura Siegemund in the .
Match report and key stats
Cocciaretto in this set played a much better tennis than the Croatian and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Donna in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Vekic was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Italian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Donna was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 76 points. Elisabetta won 10 points more than Donna (43-33). Cocciaretto dropped 14 points on serve (24-14). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
Cocciaretto commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Cocciaretto to win the set as Vekic managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Italian maintained her focus to break the Croatian in the 10th (6-4) game.
Elisabetta converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Croatian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 3 points more than the Croatian (30-27). Cocciaretto dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
The Italian will pocket € 685 after winning this match. She has won already currency € 4,032 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Italian will add currency € 2,448 to her earnings to earn currency € 4,032 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Cocciaretto scored 73 points vs. Donna’s 60.
Elisabetta won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities. In addition, on the other side, Donna was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cocciaretto and Vekic is 1-0 for Elisabetta.
Highlights Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Donna Vekic Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
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Tennis Scores in Palermo
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (3-6 6-2 6-2) – Score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (5-7 6-4 6-2) – Score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Oceane DodinDodin (6-2 6-4) – Score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Kaja JuvanJuvan (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Score progression
- Fiona FerroFerro – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 6-2) – Score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-0 6-2) – Score progression
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Donna VekicVekic (6-2 6-4) – Score progression
- Sara ErraniErrani – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Score progression
- Adrien BosselBossel – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (3-6 7-66 6-3) – Score progression
Upcoming matches
- Petra MarticMartic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (3-1) – See H2H details
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – See H2H details
- Fiona FerroFerro – Sara ErraniErrani (1-0) – See H2H details
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-1) – See H2H details
