Donna Vekic ousts Zhu in the semifinal of the Abierto GNP Seguros. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTERREY RESULTS

ABIERTO GNP SEGUROS - MONTERREY DRAW AND RESULTS. Vekic topples Zhu to take on Caroline Garcia in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Lin Zhu

Donna Vekic defeats Lin Zhu 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Monterrey on Saturday. Vekic will fight against Caroline Garcia in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be her best result 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 previous results at this event.

Vekic
Monterrey
Vekic's Record

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Lin Zhu Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vekic
Zhu
Donna Vekic
7-5 6-2
1h:31
Lin Zhu
71
71
Total points
58
58
36
36
Winners
29
29
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
63%
63%
1st in
75%
75%
78%
78%
1st won
69%
69%
36/46
36/46
1st won
29/42
29/42
48%
48%
2nd won
36%
36%
13/27
13/27
2nd won
5/14
5/14
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
0/1
0/1
75%
75%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Donna scored 71 points vs. Lin’s 58.

Vekic

The Croatian served pretty well to win 78% of the points (36/46) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 48% points (13/27) on her second serve. Donna was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).

Zhu

On the other side, Lin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Zhu is 2-0 for Donna.

Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Caroline Garcia – stats

Vekic will play Garcia in the final.

This will be the 10th time that Donna Vekic and Caroline Garcia face off. The head to head is 5-4 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Vekic won 6-2 6-72 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2021.

Donna Vekic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Vekic 7-5
VekicZhu
7
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
VekicZhu
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
VekicZhu
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicZhu
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicZhu
4
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
VekicZhu
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
VekicZhu
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
VekicZhu
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
VekicZhu
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
VekicZhu
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
VekicZhu
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
VekicZhu
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
VekicZhu
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Vekic grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately conquering the set (7-5).

The Chinese was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.

The Croatian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Zhu wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).

They contested 88 points. This set was so close that, Vekic won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Croatian dropped 19 points on serve (32-19). In addition, on the other side, Zhu conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).

2nd Set -
Vekic 6-2
VekicZhu
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicZhu
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
VekicZhu
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
VekicZhu
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
VekicZhu
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicZhu
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
VekicZhu
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40

The Croatian in this set was too good for Lin and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Zhu in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Donna converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Donna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 41 points. Donna was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than the Chinese (27-14). Donna dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the court, Zhu conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).

1st
Vekic
Zhu
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Vekic
Zhu
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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