Petra Kvitova prevails over Donna Vekic 6-2 7-6(6) in the final in Berlin on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Donna Vekic bett1open – Berlin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Petra scored 70 points vs. Vekic’s 62.
Kvitova
The Czech didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Vekic
On the other side, Vekic was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Kvitova and Vekic is 5-1 for Petra.
This was the 31st career title for Petra. (see list of titles and finals). The Croatian remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Kuala Lumpur 2014, in Nottingham 2017, in Courmayeur 2021 and in Monterrey 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Czech in this set played at a much higher level than the Croatian and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Vekic in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Petra failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
The Croatian was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Kvitova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Donna wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 50 points. Petra was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Vekic (31-19). Kvitova surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, Vekic conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Kvitova conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Czech broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 8-6.
Tiebreak
Kvitova won 5 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 6th (3-3), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Vekic won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 7th (4-3) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (4-5 30-40). Petra saved 1 set point when she was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Donna converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40).
They played 82 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Czech won this set even if she scored less points 4 than the Croatian (39-43). The Czech surrendered 19 points on serve (23-19). In addition, on the other side, the Croatian conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Petra Kvitova in Berlin |
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