Belinda Bencic vanquishes Donna Vekic 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Tallinn on Friday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Barbora Krejcikova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Donna Vekic Tallinn Open – Tallinn
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:31
At the end of the match, Bencic scored 65 points vs. Vekic’s 52.
Bencic
Bencic was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Vekic
On the other side, Donna wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Bencic and Vekic is 4-1 for Belinda.
Draw and next match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Bencic will compete against Krejcikova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Belinda Bencic and Barbora Krejcikova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bencic won 7-62 6-4 in the Rubber 1 in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Bencic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Swiss was not done to come back to break Donna 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Bencic failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
The Swiss converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Donna converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Swiss won just 3 points more than the Croatian (35-32). The Swiss dropped 19 points on serve (15-19). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 20 points on serve (13-20).
Bencic started the set in the best possible way after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Belinda improved her lead after breaking Donna in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Bencic converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 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 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 52 points. Bencic won 10 points more than Vekic (31-21). The Swiss surrendered 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, the Croatian conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Tennis Scores in Tallinn
- Belinda BencicBencic – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-2 3-6 7-66) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kaia KanepiKanepi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Belinda BencicBencic (0-2) – H2H details and stats
