Donna Vekic clobbers Madison Brengle 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Linz on Thursday after playing a great match to clash against Maria Sakkari in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Madison Brengle Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Vekic scored 70 points vs. Madison’s 53.
Vekic
Vekic was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).
Brengle
On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Brengle is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Vekic will face Sakkari in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Donna Vekic and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Vekic won 7-63 6-1 in the 1st round in San Diego back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Vekic started the set in the best possible way after breaking Madison Brengle in the 2nd
game (2-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Croatian to win the set as the American managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Vekic kept her focus to break Brengle in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).The Croatian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd
(0-2 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40).They played 63 points. Vekic was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the American (34-29). The Croatian conceded 16 points on serve (18-16). On the other side, Brengle conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).
Vekic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Madison Brengle in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Vekic managed to boost her lead after breaking the American in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Vekic was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Brengle was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (0-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Donna conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Madison (37-25). Donna dropped 17 points on serve (23-17). On the other side, Brengle conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Donna VekicVekic – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Eva LysLys (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (7-5 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Clara TausonTauson – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Petra MarticMartic (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Donna VekicVekic (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-0) – H2H details and stats