Donna Vekic beats Pliskova in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Alexandrova. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Vekic gets by Pliskova to play Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Karolina Pliskova

Donna Vekic tops Karolina Pliskova 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Miami on Wednesday. Vekic will fight against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. Her best result in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Vekic
Miami
Vekic's Record

Vekic added to her prize money $ 11,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 34,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 24,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Karolina Pliskova Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vekic
Pliskova
Donna Vekic
6-4 2-6 6-2
2h:01
Karolina Pliskova
93
93
Total points
83
83
38
38
Winners
39
39
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
6
6
3
3
Double Faults
7
7
64%
64%
1st in
65%
65%
70%
70%
1st won
66%
66%
38/54
38/54
1st won
39/59
39/59
48%
48%
2nd won
38%
38%
15/31
15/31
2nd won
12/32
12/32
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
3/8
3/8
33%
33%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, Vekic scored 93 points vs. Pliskova’s 83.

Vekic

Vekic won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Pliskova

On the other side, the Czech had some problems converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Pliskova is 3-7 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Vekic will play Alexandrova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Donna Vekic and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Vekic and Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Alexandrova won 5-7 7-64 7-66 in the semifinal in Linz back in February 2024.

Donna Vekic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Vekic 6-4
VekicPliskova
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
VekicPliskova
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
VekicPliskova
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
VekicPliskova
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VekicPliskova
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
VekicPliskova
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
VekicPliskova
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
VekicPliskova
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
VekicPliskova
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
VekicPliskova
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicPliskova
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Vekic had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Karolina Pliskova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Donna to win the set as the Czech found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. The Croatian maintained her cool to break Pliskova in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Pliskova couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Croatian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Czech converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A).

They played 79 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Croatian won barely 1 point more than Karolina (40-39). The Croatian lost 14 points on serve (22-14). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).

2nd Set -
Pliskova 6-2
PliskovaVekic
6
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
PliskovaVekic
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PliskovaVekic
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PliskovaVekic
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
PliskovaVekic
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
PliskovaVekic
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PliskovaVekic
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaVekic
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

Pliskova in this set didn’t concede much to the Croatian and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Donna in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

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

The Czech was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Donna was on the money in converting all her break points in the 7th (2-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 0-40).

They played 55 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won barely 1 point more than Vekic (28-27). The Czech conceded 13 points on serve (16-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

3rd Set -
Vekic 6-2
VekicPliskova
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicPliskova
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
VekicPliskova
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
VekicPliskova
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
VekicPliskova
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
VekicPliskova
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
VekicPliskova
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Vekic started the set in the best possible way after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0). That was decisive for the Croatian to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

The Croatian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Pliskova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

They played 42 points. Donna won 10 more points than the Czech (26-16). The Croatian lost 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Karolina conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).

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

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