Donna Vekic beats Cibulkova to claim her maiden title in Kuala Lumpur

Donna Vekic wins her first career title in Malaysia!

The young Croatian won an incredible final against world no.10 Dominika Cibulkova. Donna had to recover from 1 set down against the Australian Open runner up to win 5-7 7-5 7-6 (4). The most important part of the match was the third set when Donna was leading 5-1 to lose 5 consecutive games missing 3 match points when she was serving on a 5-3 score-line. Finally he Croatian won the set at the tiebreak. Match Stats

Vekic: I don’t know what to say

The 17 years-old commented “I’m so happy – I don’t know what to say, I’m so, so happy!.It was a very tough match. She played very well throughout the whole match. I was up 5-1 in the third set and she came back out playing insane – so I’m happy I was able to get through in the end.”

Cibulkova: She played really well

Dominika said “She played really well today.In the second set I was really close to winning, but she played really well, really strong, and it was just about a few balls out there, really. It was really close. It was such a good match.”