Lesya Tsurenko upsets Vekic in the 2nd round to play vs Sabalenka in the next round at the BNP Paribas Open – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsurenko upsets Vekic to take on Aryna Sabalenka in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lesya Tsurenko vs. Donna Vekic

Lesya Tsurenko upsets Donna Vekic 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday. Tsurenko will play Aryna Sabalenka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tsurenko
Indian Wells
Tsurenko's Record

Tsurenko added to her prize money $ 24,885 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, Tsurenko will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsurenko
Vekic
Lesya Tsurenko
2-6 6-2 6-2
1h:57
Donna Vekic
83
83
Total points
77
77
35
35
Winners
20
20
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
26%
26%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
8
8
76%
76%
1st in
51%
51%
50%
50%
1st won
57%
57%
35/70
35/70
1st won
20/35
20/35
68%
68%
2nd won
45%
45%
15/22
15/22
2nd won
15/33
15/33
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
4/13
4/13
60%
60%
Won
31%
31%
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At the end of the match, Tsurenko scored 83 points vs. the Croatian’s 77.

Tsurenko

Tsurenko was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).

Vekic

On the other side, Donna had a tough time converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Tsurenko and Vekic is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Lesya Tsurenko vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Tsurenko will square off with Sabalenka in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Lesya Tsurenko and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tsurenko and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 6-2 7-5 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2019.

Lesya Tsurenko Draw info

Tsurenko was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 64 points vs. Sabalenka’s 38 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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TsurenkoVekic
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0
0
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Tsurenko started the set in the best possible way after breaking Donna Vekic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Vekic was not done to come back to break the Ukrainian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Vekic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.

An important stage of this set was when Vekic won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

The Croatian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 58 points. Donna won 18 points more than Lesya (38-20). The Croatian surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the net, Tsurenko conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

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

The Croatian had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Lesya converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Ukrainian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Tsurenko conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Vekic (31-20). Lesya surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Vekic conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).

3rd Set -
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Tsurenko had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Ukrainian was not done to come back to break the Croatian 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Croatian had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-2 to 6-2.

Lesya was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, the Croatian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 51 points. Lesya conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Donna (32-19). The Ukrainian conceded 16 points on serve (20-16). On the losing side, Donna conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

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

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