Donna Vekic mullers Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Chennai on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Kimberly Birrell in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.

Chennai
Vekic's Record

The Croatian added to her prize money $ 2,350 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,820 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 5,150 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vekic
Yamalapalli
6-2 6-2
1h:18
60
60
Total points
37
37
18
18
Winners
13
13
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
49%
49%
1st in
45%
45%
90%
90%
1st won
52%
52%
18/20
18/20
1st won
13/25
13/25
67%
67%
2nd won
48%
48%
14/21
14/21
2nd won
15/31
15/31
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
0/0
0/0
36%
36%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Donna scored 60 points vs. Yamalapalli’s 37.

Vekic

Vekic served pretty well to win 90% of the points (18/20) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (14/21) on her second serve. Donna won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Yamalapalli

On the other side, the Indian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Donna Vekic vs. Kimberly Birrell – stats

Vekic will fight against Birrell in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Kimberly Birrell fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Vekic won 6-0 6-4 in the 1st round in London back in June 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Vekic 6-2
VekicYamalapalli
6
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
VekicYamalapalli
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
VekicYamalapalli
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
VekicYamalapalli
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
VekicYamalapalli
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
VekicYamalapalli
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicYamalapalli
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
VekicYamalapalli
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
VekicYamalapalli
0
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

The Croatian in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Yamalapalli and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Yamalapalli in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Yamalapalli was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Vekic converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9

break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Donna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 61 points. Donna conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Indian (35-26). The Croatian dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Indian conceded 19 points on serve (21-19

).
2nd Set -
Vekic 6-2
VekicYamalapalli
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VekicYamalapalli
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
VekicYamalapalli
5
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VekicYamalapalli
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VekicYamalapalli
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
VekicYamalapalli
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
VekicYamalapalli
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30

The Croatian in this set played at a much higher level than Sahaja and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Sahaja in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

Vekic was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Donna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 36 points. The Croatian was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Yamalapalli (25-11). The Croatian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, the Indian conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).

1st
Vekic
Yamalapalli
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Vekic
Yamalapalli
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

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