Muguruza gets the better of Vekic in the 1st round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Muguruza gets by Vekic to fight against Andrea Petkovic in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Donna Vekic

Garbine Muguruza tops Donna Vekic 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Muguruza will engage against Andrea Petkovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muguruza
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Muguruza's Record

Garbine added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 115,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 65,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Donna Vekic U.S. Open – New York

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Muguruza’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muguruza
Vekic
Garbine Muguruza
7-64 7-65
2h:19
Donna Vekic
95
95
Total points
91
91
43
43
Winners
42
42
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
26
26
Unforced
30
30
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
13/17
13/17
Net Approaches
8/11
8/11
76%
76%
Perc
73%
73%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
10
10
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
62%
62%
1st in
57%
57%
77%
77%
1st won
76%
76%
43/56
43/56
1st won
42/55
42/55
50%
50%
2nd won
46%
46%
17/34
17/34
2nd won
19/41
19/41
177
177
Fastest serve
183
183
162
162
AVG 1st Serve
173
173
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
146
146
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
2/7
2/7
50%
50%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Garbine scored 95 points vs. Donna’s 91.

Muguruza

Garbine served extremely well to win 77% of the points (43/56) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (17/34) on her second serve. The Spaniard was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (2/4).

Vekic

On the other side, Vekic wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Muguruza and Vekic is 2-1 for Garbine.

Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Andrea Petkovic – stats

Muguruza will compete against Petkovic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Garbine Muguruza and Andrea Petkovic fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Petkovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Petkovic won 6-1 5-7 6-2 in the quarter in Doha back in 2016.

Garbine Muguruza Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The Spaniard clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-4.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 11th (7-4) point.

The Spaniard won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Spaniard converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Vekic converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 101 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Spaniard won barely 1 point more than Vekic (51-50). Garbine lost 16 points on serve (31-16). on the other side of the court, the Croatian conceded 20 points on serve (34-20).

Muguruza got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Muguruza to win the set because the Croatian managed to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. The Spaniard kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Muguruza failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

The Croatian capitulated the 2nd game (2-0) when she was 40-0 up.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Croatian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

The Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A). On the other side, Vekic converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had her opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 85 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won only 1 point more than Vekic (43-42). The Spaniard surrendered 14 points on serve (28-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Donna conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).

 

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