TENNIS SCORES. Vekic tops Garcia in the 1st round in Osaka

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - OSAKA. Vekic gets by Garcia to square off with Misaki Doi in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Caroline Garcia

Donna Vekic gets by Caroline Garcia 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Osaka on Tuesday. Vekic will fight against Misaki Doi in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Vekic had a racing start in this set after breaking Garcia in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Donna to win the set as Caroline succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. The Croatian kept her focus to break Caroline in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

2nd set.

Vekic had a strong start of this set after breaking Garcia in the 1st game (1-0). Donna managed to boost her lead after breaking Garcia in the 5th (4-1) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Donna scored 88 points vs. Caroline’s 74 points.

Donna served very well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 46% points (18/39) on her second serve. The Croatian won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Caroline was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 10% of her break points (1/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Vekic and Garcia is 3-2 for Donna.

Next Match: Donna Vekic vs. Misaki Doi – stats

Vekic will come up against Doi in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Misaki Doi fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Vekic won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in San Jose back in July 2019.

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