Donna Vekic survives Victoria Azarenka 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Vekic will face off with Venus Williams in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Vekic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Azarenka in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Donna managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A crucial moment of the match was when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
2nd set.
The Croatian won the set after she broke Victoria in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Azarenka tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, the Croatian maintained the focus before winning the set 7-5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Donna scored 67 points vs. Victoria’s 53 points.
Donna served pretty well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (16/30) on her second serve. Vekic was effective in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, Azarenka was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Vekic and Azarenka is 2-0 for Donna.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Victoria Azarenka Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Next Match: Donna Vekic vs. Venus Williams – H2H and stats
Vekic will fight against Williams in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Donna Vekic and Venus Williams square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Williams won 7-63 6-4 in the 1st round in London back in 2016.
