Donna Vekic mullers Emma Navarro 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Monterrey on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to deal with Ysaline Bonaventure in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2013, 2014 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Vekic scored 66 points vs. Navarro’s 50.
Vekic
Donna won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Navarro
On the other side, Emma was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Navarro is 1-0 for Donna.
Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Ysaline Bonaventure – stats
Vekic will take on Bonaventure in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Ysaline Bonaventure square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Bonaventure (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the qualifications in Tenerife back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Vekic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Emma Navarro in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Donna to win the set because Emma succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game. The Croatian maintained her cool to break Navarro in the 9th (6-3) game.
Vekic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
There was an important spell in this set when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Vekic converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Navarro converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 40-A), the 8th (2-5 15-40) and the 10th game (2-6 40-A).
They played 78 points. Vekic was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the American (43-35). Donna conceded 18 points on serve (24-18). on the other side of the net, Navarro conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).
Vekic started the set in the best possible way after breaking Emma Navarro in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Vekic to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Vekic kept her focus to break Emma in the 8th (6-2) game.
Vekic converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Navarro converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (0-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 38 points. Vekic was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Emma (23-15). The Croatian dropped 9 points on serve (11-9). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Lin ZhuZhu – Rebecca MarinoMarino (7-64 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (7-62 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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