Yulia Putintseva brushes past Donna Vekic 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Adelaide on Monday after playing a superlative match to deal with Ons Jabeur or Danielle Rose Collins in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Yulia Putintseva vs. Donna Vekic Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:32
At the end of the match, Yulia scored 73 points vs. the Croatian’s 56.
Putintseva
The Kazakhstani was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Vekic
On the other side, Vekic was struggling when converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Putintseva and Vekic is 4-4.
Draw and next match H2H: Yulia Putintseva vs. Ons Jabeur or Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Putintseva will square off with either Ons Jabeur or Danielle Rose Collins in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-3 vs. Ons Jabeur and 2-1 vs. Danielle Rose Collins.
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani in this set was much more effective than the Croatian and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Vekic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Croatian was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Putintseva converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They contested 77 points. The Kazakhstani won 5 more points than the Croatian (41-36). The Kazakhstani surrendered 12 points on serve (22-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Donna conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
Yulia won the set after she broke Donna 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Vekic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, Yulia didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.
There was an important spell in this set when Putintseva won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Putintseva was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Donna converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 52 points. The Kazakhstani won 12 more points than Vekic (32-20). The Kazakhstani surrendered 12 points on serve (17-12). on the other side of the net, Donna conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
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- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Donna VekicVekic (6-2 6-3)
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