Donna Vekic outlasts Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 5-7 7-6(5) in the quarter in Monterrey on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Vekic is going to play against Lin Zhu in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, 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, Donna scored 110 points vs. Bonaventure’s 102.
Vekic
Vekic served very well to win 76% of the points (48/63) behind her first serve, and she won 51% points (19/37) on her second serve. The Croatian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 20% (3/15) of the procured opportunities.
Bonaventure
On the other side, Bonaventure was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Bonaventure is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Lin Zhu – stats
Vekic will fight against Zhu in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Donna Vekic and Lin Zhu fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Vekic won 6-4 0-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Baku back in 2015.
Live score progression and stats
Vekic conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Ysaline Bonaventure in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Vekic reinforced her lead after breaking the Belgian in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Vekic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Donna converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Belgian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 67 points. Donna was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Ysaline (40-27). Vekic lost 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Ysaline conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
The Belgian won the set after she broke Vekic in the 11th (6-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Bonaventure failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Vekic was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Bonaventure was perfect in converting all her break points in the 11th (5-5 15-40) and the 13th game (7-4 15-40). On the other side, Bonaventure didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. Bonaventure was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Vekic (38-26). The Belgian lost 8 points on serve (24-8). on the other side of the net, Donna conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Vekic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Ysaline Bonaventure in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for the Croatian to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Donna was unable to break the Belgian in the 2nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The Croatian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (2-3), 6th (3-3), 9th (6-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Ysaline won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 4th (3-1) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Donna converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Vekic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 81 points. The Croatian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Bonaventure (43-38). Donna conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the court, Ysaline conceded 20 points on serve (26-20).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
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- Elise MertensMertens – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-2 5-7 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elise MertensMertens (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Lin ZhuZhu (1-0) – H2H details and stats