Donna Vekic dispatches Julia Goerges 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3 in the 4th round in New York on Monday. Vekic will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Belinda Bencic in the Round Robin.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Goerges started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for the German to win the set since the Croatian managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Goerges kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

2nd set.

Goerges overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Vekic in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Vekic was not done to come back to break the German in the 10th (5-5) game in the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The German was unable to find the solution in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5) after squandering a match point in the 9th game.

3rd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Vekic conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Vekic and Goerges is 1-3

for Julia.

Highlights Donna Vekic vs. Julia Goerges U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Donna Vekic vs. Belinda Bencic – stats

Vekic will compete against Bencic in the Round Robin.

This will be the 4th time that Donna Vekic and Belinda Bencic square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Paris back in May 2019.

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