Donna Vekic gets the better of Liudmila Samsonova 2-6 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday. Vekic will face Iga Swiatek in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Donna added to her prize money € 16,430 after winning this match. She has already won € 39,130 after this win. If she wins the next match, Vekic will add € 34,800 to her earnings to get in total € 73,930 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:38
Vekic won this match even if she won less points than Ludmilla (100 vs. 101).
Vekic
Vekic was absolutely great in converting all the break points (3/3).
Samsonova
On the other side, the Russian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Vekic and Samsonova is 3-0 for Donna.
Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Vekic will compete against Swiatek in the 4th round.
This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Swiatek won 6-3 3-6 6-0 in the final in San Diego back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Vekic was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Russian extended her lead after breaking the Croatian in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
Vekic lost the 1st game (1-0) when she was 40-0 up. There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Ludmilla was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Ludmilla didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Ludmilla conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Donna (34-21). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). on the other side of the court, Donna conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
The Croatian won the set after she broke Samsonova in the 4th (3-1) game. Ludmilla tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, Vekic kept the focus to win the set 7-6.
Donna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Samsonova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They played 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Vekic won this set even if she scored less points 6 than Ludmilla (42-48). The Croatian dropped 23 points on serve (30-23). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).
Vekic in this set played at a much higher level than Ludmilla and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Samsonova in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Croatian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 56 points. Donna won 16 points more than Ludmilla (36-20). Donna dropped 15 points on serve (27-15). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 9 points on serve (5-9).
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Upcoming matches
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- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H details and stats
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- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-2) – H2H details and stats
