Uncompromising Vekic grounds Potapova in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Vekic crushes Potapova to compete against Karolina Pliskova in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Anastasia Potapova

Donna Vekic grounds Anastasia Potapova 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday after playing a solid match to face off with Karolina Pliskova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

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The Croatian added to her prize money £ 27,000 after conquering this match. She has won already £ 75,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Croatian will add £ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 115,000 in total.

Vekic was elated about the result. She commented:

“I’ve always liked playing on grass. Four years ago, I would say that it was my favourite surface. But after my results on hard courts I couldn’t say anything else other than hard courts, and I still like playing on hard courts more.”

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Anastasia Potapova Wimbledon – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vekic
Potapova
Donna Vekic
6-1 6-4
1h:09
Anastasia Potapova
60
60
Total points
46
46
26
26
Winners
16
16
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
15
15
Unforced
18
18
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
3/7
3/7
Net Approaches
3/5
3/5
43%
43%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
69%
69%
1st in
51%
51%
63%
63%
1st won
67%
67%
26/41
26/41
1st won
16/24
16/24
61%
61%
2nd won
35%
35%
11/18
11/18
2nd won
8/23
8/23
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/3
1/3
63%
63%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 60 points vs. the Russian’s 46.

Vekic

Vekic was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).

Potapova

On the other side, Potapova was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Potapova is 1-0 for Donna.

Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats

Vekic will play Pliskova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Donna Vekic and Karolina Pliskova play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Pliskova won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris back in June 2021.

Donna Vekic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Vekic started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Croatian reinforced her lead after breaking Anastasia in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

An important stage of this set was when Donna won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Croatian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 50 points. Vekic conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Anastasia (30-20). Donna lost 9 points on serve (16-9). On the other side, Potapova conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).

Vekic had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for Donna to win the set as Potapova succeeded in breaking back in the 9th (4-5) game. The Croatian maintained her cool to break Potapova in the 10th (6-4) game.

They contested 56 points. The Croatian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Russian (31-25). The Croatian dropped 13 points on serve (21-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

 

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