TENNIS SCORES. Venus Williams stuns Vekic in the 3rd round in Cincinnati

Venus Williams upsets Donna Vekic 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Williams is going to play against Madison Keys in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Vekic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Williams in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Vekic to win the set as Venus succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The Croatian kept her focus to break the American in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

The American was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2^nd set.

Venus won the set after she broke the Croatian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. The Croatian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (5-2) game. Nonetheless, the American managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 6-3.

Venus failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 0.

A crucial moment of the match was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

3^rd set.

Williams didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Vekic in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set since the Croatian succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The American maintained her focus to break the Croatian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Venus scored 84 points vs. Vekic’s 83 points.

Venus was pretty effective in converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11). On the other side, Donna was struggling in converting her break points since she converted only 33% of her break points (5/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Williams and Vekic is 2-0 for Venus.

Highlights Venus Williams vs. Donna Vekic Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Williams’s Interview

Next Match: Venus Williams vs. Madison Keys – stats

Williams will square off with Keys in the quarter.

This will be the 5^th time that Venus Williams and Madison Keys play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Williams and Keys (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Keys won 6-1 6-7² 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Montreal back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Naomi OsakaNaomi – Su-Wei HsiehSu-Wei (7-6³ 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana – Sloane StephensSloane (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariMaria – Aryna SabalenkaAryna (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninSofia – Elina SvitolinaElina (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaKarolina – Rebecca PetersonRebecca (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyAshleigh – Anett KontaveitAnett (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Venus WilliamsVenus – Donna VekicDonna (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Madison KeysMadison – Simona HalepSimona (6-1 3-6 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyAshleigh – Maria SakkariMaria (1-1) – See H2H details
• Karolina PliskovaKarolina – Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana (2-2) – See H2H details
• Venus WilliamsVenus – Madison KeysMadison (2-2) – See H2H details
• Sofia KeninSofia – Naomi OsakaNaomi (0-1) – See H2H details