ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS. Superb Vekic destroys Ahn in the 1st round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy

Donna Vekic destroys Kristie Ahn 6-4 6-1 in the 1^st round in St. Petersburg on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Donna won the set after she broke Kristie in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, the Croatian kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Vekic had a great start in this set after breaking Ahn in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Donna reinforced her lead after breaking the American in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Vekic scored 56 points vs. Kristie’s 36 points.

Vekic was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, Kristie was exceptional in converting all the break points (1/1). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Ahn is 2-0 for Donna.

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Kristie Ahn St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg

Next Match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova or Daria Kasatkina – stats

Vekic will fight against either Ekaterina Alexandrova or Daria Kasatkina in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova and 1-0 vs. Daria Kasatkina.

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg

• Oceane DodinDodin – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Kristie AhnAhn (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-6⁴ 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (3-6 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jennifer BradyBrady – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alize CornetCornet – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – See H2H details
• Fiona FerroFerro – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-0) – See H2H details
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-0) – See H2H details
• Johanna KontaKonta – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-0) – See H2H details