Donna Vekic hustles Marina Stakusic 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in San Diego on Thursday. Vekic will seek to keep on going in this event against Katie Boulter in the quarter. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Donna added to her prize money $ 11,320 after winning this match. She has already won $ 24,910 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 26,295 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,205 in total.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Marina Stakusic San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Vekic scored 82 points vs. Stakusic’s 77.
Vekic
Vekic served extremely well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (19/38) on her second serve. Vekic didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Stakusic
On the other side, the Canadian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Vekic and Stakusic is 1-0 for Donna.
Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Katie Boulter – stats
Vekic will take on Boulter in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
The last time that they squared off, Boulter won w/o in the qualifications in Montreal back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Croatian grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Donna converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Donna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Croatian won just 3 points more than the Canadian (33-30). Donna dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Marina conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
The Canadian won the set after she broke the Croatian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Vekic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Stakusic refused to give way to win the set 6-3.
The Canadian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Donna was on the money in converting all her break points in the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 47 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Canadian won just 3 more points than the Croatian (25-22). The Canadian conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the court, the Croatian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Vekic clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Croatian broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.
A crucial moment of this set was when Donna won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the score from 1-2 to 5-2.
The Croatian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40).
They played 49 points. Donna conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Canadian (27-22). The Croatian dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
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