Donna Vekic conquers Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5) 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Tuesday. Vekic will have to play Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
At the end of the match, Vekic scored 108 points vs. Sabalenka’s 92.
Vekic
Vekic struck 14 aces and she committed 5 double faults. The Croatian was effective when converting 70% of the break points that she conquered (7/10).
Sabalenka
On the other side, Aryna was not so effective in converting her break points (only 21% – 3/14). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Vekic and Sabalenka is 6-2 for Donna.
Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats
Vekic will fight against Cirstea in the 3rd round.
This will be the 6th time that Donna Vekic and Sorana Cirstea square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Cirstea won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Birmingham back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Aryna won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, Sabalenka broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 7-6.
Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Aryna was unable to break the Croatian in the 12th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Aryna was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 12th (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Croatian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 112 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Vekic (59-53). Aryna lost 22 points on serve (31-22). on the other side of the net, Donna conceded 28 points on serve (31-28).
Vekic overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd game (2-0). Vekic reinforced her lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The Belarussian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Donna converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 56 points. The Croatian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Aryna (33-23). The Croatian lost 10 points on serve (18-10). On the losing side, the Belarussian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
The Belarussian was overpowered in this set and the Croatian won the set 6-0.
Donna was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 32 points. Vekic was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than the Belarussian (22-10). Vekic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). In addition, on the other side, Aryna conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
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