Donna Vekic aces Shnaider in the 3rd round to battle vs Pavlyuchenkova at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Vekic conquers Shnaider to take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Donna Vekic topples Diana Shnaider 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 7-5 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Vekic will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Vekic
Melbourne
Vekic's Record

The Croatian added to her prize money $ 130,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 420,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Vekic will add $ 245,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Diana Shnaider Australian Open – Melbourne

Vekic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vekic
Shnaider
Donna Vekic
7-64 6-73 7-5
2h:58
Diana Shnaider
123
123
Total points
116
116
52
52
Winners
48
48
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
38
38
Unforced
44
44
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
8/19
8/19
Net Approaches
10/17
10/17
42%
42%
Perc
59%
59%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
60%
60%
1st in
61%
61%
74%
74%
1st won
65%
65%
52/70
52/70
1st won
48/74
48/74
40%
40%
2nd won
46%
46%
19/47
19/47
2nd won
22/48
22/48
180
180
Fastest serve
170
170
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
154
154
143
143
AVG 2nd Serve
131
131
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
5/12
5/12
67%
67%
Won
42%
42%
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At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 123 points vs. the Russian’s 116.

Vekic

Donna fired 10 aces and she committed 5 double faults. Vekic didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).

Shnaider

On the other side, Shnaider had some problems converting her break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Vekic and Shnaider is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Vekic will compete against Pavlyuchenkova in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Donna Vekic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2024.

Donna Vekic Draw info

1st
Vekic
Shnaider
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Vekic
Shnaider
6-7
6
7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
3rd
Vekic
Shnaider
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

  • Donna VekicVekic – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-64 6-73 7-5)
  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-1 6-2)
  • Paula BadosaBadosa – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 4-6 6-3)
  • Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-2 1-6 6-2)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Clara TausonTauson (7-65 6-4)
  • Belinda BencicBencic – Naomi OsakaOsaka (7-6(3) ret.)

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