Donna Vekic overcomes Fruhvirtova in the 4th round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Vekic hustles Fruhvirtova to come up against Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Donna Vekic hustles Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Monday. Vekic will seek to keep on going in this event against Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Vekic
Melbourne
Vekic's Record

Vekic added to her prize money $ 217,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 555,250 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 369,750 to her earnings to get in total $ 925,000 in total.

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Linda Fruhvirtova Australian Open – Melbourne

Vekic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vekic
Fruhvirtova
Donna Vekic
6-2 1-6 6-3
2h:07
Linda Fruhvirtova
80
80
Total points
77
77
25
25
Winners
26
26
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
40
40
Unforced
20
20
67%
67%
Ratio Unforced
33%
33%
17/28
17/28
Net Approaches
7/8
7/8
61%
61%
Perc
88%
88%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
7
7
5
5
Double Faults
11
11
56%
56%
1st in
49%
49%
52%
52%
1st won
74%
74%
25/48
25/48
1st won
26/35
26/35
59%
59%
2nd won
35%
35%
22/37
22/37
2nd won
13/37
13/37
186
186
Fastest serve
170
170
174
174
AVG 1st Serve
147
147
153
153
AVG 2nd Serve
121
121
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
4/10
4/10
83%
83%
Won
40%
40%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 80 points vs. Fruhvirtova’s 77.

Vekic

Donna was effective when converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Fruhvirtova

On the other side, the Czech had some problems converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Vekic will play Sabalenka in the quarter.

This will be the 7th time that Donna Vekic and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 6-4 6-75 6-1 in the quarter in San Diego back in 2022.

Donna Vekic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Vekic 6-2
VekicFruhvirtova
6
2
0
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
VekicFruhvirtova
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
VekicFruhvirtova
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicFruhvirtova
4
1
15
0
30
15
40
15
VekicFruhvirtova
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
VekicFruhvirtova
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
VekicFruhvirtova
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
VekicFruhvirtova
1
0
0
0

Vekic had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Linda Fruhvirtova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more to do for Vekic to win the set because Fruhvirtova found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Vekic kept her focus to break Linda in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Vekic dropped 14 points on serve (21-14). On the other side, Linda conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

2nd Set -
Fruhvirtova 6-1
FruhvirtovaVekic
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
FruhvirtovaVekic
5
1
15
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
FruhvirtovaVekic
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
30
FruhvirtovaVekic
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
FruhvirtovaVekic
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
FruhvirtovaVekic
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
FruhvirtovaVekic
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

The Czech was too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking the Croatian 2 times and win the set 6-1.

The Croatian was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

They contested 43 points. Fruhvirtova was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Vekic (28-15). Fruhvirtova surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

3rd Set -
Vekic 6-3
VekicFruhvirtova
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
VekicFruhvirtova
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
VekicFruhvirtova
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
VekicFruhvirtova
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
VekicFruhvirtova
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
VekicFruhvirtova
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicFruhvirtova
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
VekicFruhvirtova
1
1
15
15
15
30
15
40
VekicFruhvirtova
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

The Croatian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Vekic broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.

Vekic was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Fruhvirtova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).

They contested 56 points. The Croatian won 6 more points than Fruhvirtova (31-25). Vekic dropped 14 points on serve (20-14). On the losing side, Linda conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

1st
Vekic
Fruhvirtova
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Vekic
Fruhvirtova
1-6
1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Vekic
Fruhvirtova
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
 

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