Greetje Minnen bests Magdalena Frech 7-5 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Minnen will play Donna Vekic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Minnen added to her prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Greetje will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.
Highlights Greetje Minnen vs. Magdalena Frech U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Greetje scored 85 points vs. Frech’s 70.
Minnen
Greetje served extremely well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 45% points (14/31) on her second serve. Minnen was fantastic in converting all the break points (5/5).
Frech
On the other side, Frech was not so effective in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Minnen and Frech is 1-0 for Greetje.
Draw and next match H2H: Greetje Minnen vs. Donna Vekic – stats
Minnen will fight against Vekic in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Greetje Minnen and Donna Vekic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Minnen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Minnen won 6-1 0-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Hertogenbosch back in June 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Minnen got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Magdalena Frech in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Belgian was not done to come back to break Frech in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Belgian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, the Pole converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 80 points. Greetje was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Pole (44-36). Greetje dropped 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).
Minnen didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Magdalena Frech in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Greetje to win the set as the Pole managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Greetje maintained her cool to break Magdalena in the 12th (7-5) game.
Certainly, a key moment was when the Belgian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0. Nonetheless also Frech won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4
Minnen was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Frech converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (0-4 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 75 points. Minnen was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Pole (41-34). The Belgian surrendered 15 points on serve (24-15). On the losing side, Frech conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
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