Rebeka Masarova upsets Donna Vekic 6-1 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Madrid on Thursday. Masarova will face Maria Sakkari in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes.

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Masarova's Record

The Spaniard added to her prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. She has already won € 48,835 after this win. If she wins the next match, Masarova will add € 36,065 to her earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Masarova
Vekic
6-1 7-65
1h:29
71
71
Total points
62
62
31
31
Winners
27
27
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
77%
77%
1st in
66%
66%
61%
61%
1st won
61%
61%
31/51
31/51
1st won
27/44
27/44
53%
53%
2nd won
35%
35%
8/15
8/15
2nd won
8/23
8/23
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
3/5
3/5
45%
45%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Masarova scored 71 points vs. the Croatian’s 62.

Masarova

Masarova won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Vekic

On the other side, Vekic didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Masarova and Vekic is 1-0 for Rebeka.

Draw and next match H2H: Rebeka Masarova vs. Maria Sakkari – stats

Masarova will compete against Sakkari in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Rebeka Masarova and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Masarova 6-1
MasarovaVekic
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MasarovaVekic
6
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MasarovaVekic
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MasarovaVekic
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MasarovaVekic
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
MasarovaVekic
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MasarovaVekic
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
MasarovaVekic
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Masarova commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Rebeka improved her lead after breaking the Croatian in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Donna was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Rebeka converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 49 points. Rebeka was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Vekic (31-18). The Spaniard surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Donna conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

2nd Set -
Masarova 7-6
MasarovaVekic
7
6
M
0
1
V
1
1
V
1
2
M
1
3
M
1
4
V
2
4
V
2
5
M
3
5
M
4
5
V
5
5
V
6
5
M
7
5
MasarovaVekic
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MasarovaVekic
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MasarovaVekic
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MasarovaVekic
4
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MasarovaVekic
3
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MasarovaVekic
2
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MasarovaVekic
2
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MasarovaVekic
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MasarovaVekic
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MasarovaVekic
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MasarovaVekic
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

Masarova had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Masarova succeeded in coming back to break Vekic in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Masarova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

Certainly, a key moment was when the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5. Nonetheless also the Croatian won 5 consecutive games from 0-2 to 5-2

Tiebreak

Masarova won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Croatian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 5th (4-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Masarova converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 9th (3-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The Spaniard saved 3 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. Also, on the other side, Donna converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40).

They played 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, Masarova won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Donna (40-44). The Spaniard lost 22 points on serve (20-22). on the other side of the net, Donna conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).

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

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