Donna Vekic conquers Clara Burel 6-0 7-6(3) in the quarter in Linz on Friday. Vekic will try to keep the momentum against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Vekic added to her prize money € 22,865 after winning this match. She has already won € 44,525 till now in this competition. If she wins the next match, the Croatian will add € 31,700 to her earnings to get in total € 76,225.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Clara Burel Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:30
At the end of the match, Vekic scored 71 points vs. the French player’s 49.
Vekic
Donna was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).
Burel
On the other side, the French player was exceptional in converting all her break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Burel is 1-0 for Donna.
Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Vekic will square off with Alexandrova in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Ekaterina Alexandrova face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Vekic won 7-67 7-65 in the 1st round in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much of a fight in this set since Vekic conceded no games to the French player before winning the set 6-0.
Vekic converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (6–1 15-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Donna was the winner of the set after clinching 19 points more than the French player (29-10). The Croatian lost 6 points on serve (13-6). On the losing side, Burel conceded 16 points on serve (4-16).
Vekic started the set strong after breaking Clara Burel in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Vekic refused to bow to come back to break Clara in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Vekic missed the opportunity to break the French player in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Donna won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the French player won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Vekic won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Donna converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, the French player was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Donna won just 3 points more than Clara (42-39). Vekic lost 19 points on serve (26-19). on the other side of the net, Clara conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Clara BurelBurel (6-0 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (5-1) – H2H details and stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
