Donna Vekic dispatches Stearns in the 3rd round to set up a clash vs Zheng. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Donna Vekic bests Peyton Stearns 7-5 6-4 in the 3^rd round in New York on Friday. Vekic will play against Qinwen Zheng in the 4^th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

New York

Vekic's Record

The Croatian added to her prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Donna will add $ 205,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Peyton Stearns U.S. Open – New York

Vekic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vekic

Stearns

7-5 6-4
1h:30

69

69

Total points

52

52

27

27

Winners

26

26

39%

39%

Ratio Winners

50%

50%

16

16

Unforced

28

28

36%

36%

Ratio Unforced

64%

64%

3/4

3/4

Net Approaches

5/6

5/6

75%

75%

Perc

83%

83%

-- Serve --

8

8

Aces

4

4

1

1

Double Faults

3

3

56%

56%

1st in

64%

64%

87%

87%

1st won

62%

62%

27/31

27/31

1st won

26/42

26/42

54%

54%

2nd won

46%

46%

13/24

13/24

2nd won

11/24

11/24

180

180

Fastest serve

183

183

169

169

AVG 1^st Serve

148

148

144

144

AVG 2^nd Serve

126

126

-- Break Points --

4/7

4/7

Total

2/5

2/5

57%

57%

Won

40%

40%

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At the end of the match, Vekic scored 69 points vs. the American’s 52.

Vekic

Vekic served pretty well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (13/24) on her second serve. Vekic was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).

Stearns

On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Vekic and Stearns is 1-0 for Donna.

Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Vekic will face Zheng in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Donna Vekic and Qinwen Zheng square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Zheng won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Paris back in August 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Vekic conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, The Croatian broke back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.

The Croatian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (1-3 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Peyton converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5^th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 72 points. Vekic won 8 points more than the American (40-32). Vekic lost 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, Stearns conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).

Vekic started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Peyton Stearns in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Croatian to win the set because Stearns succeeded in breaking back in the 8^th (4-4) game. Vekic kept her focus to break Stearns in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Donna was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8^th game (3-4 30-40).

They contested 49 points. The Croatian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the American (29-20). Donna surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

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• Emma NavarroNavarro – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 4-6 6-3)
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• Elise MertensMertens – Madison KeysKeys (6-7⁵ 7-5 6-4)
• Cori GauffGauff – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-6 6-3 6-3)
• Donna VekicVekic – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-5 6-4)
• Yafan WangWang – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 3-6 6-1)

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