The Croatian player continues her good form and eliminates the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to certify her pass to the semifinals of the San Diego tournament (6-4, 6-7, 6-1).
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Donna Vekic continues to show glimpses of his best game in San Diego. The Croatian player coming from the previous phase asserted her good state of confidence to carry out a tough commitment against a Aryna Sabalenka who is in the midst of fighting for the WTA Finals. Vekic’s good level throughout the match was rewarded in the form of a victory that returned her to the semifinals of a WTA tournament almost a year later.
Vekic, to semifinals
The Croatian and the Belarusian measured forces for the sixth time in their career, with a balance in favor of Donna 4-1. Vekic began by making it clear that her best tennis is back in San Diego throughout a first set where after some initial games of dominance of services, the Croatian took advantage of a succession of breaks to end up decanting the first partial in his favor by 6-4.
The second set started in the same vein as the first, with Vekic being the absolute dominator of the points against a Sabalenka who could not quite find her direct tennis that gives her such good results on other occasions. The Belarusian had to put out her best game to end up taking a second set where the nerves ended up playing tricks on Vekic at key moments. The Croatian could not certify her advantage and ended up seeing herself defeated in a second set where her rival knew how to better manage the hot moments of it.
The third sleeve began, and the big question was if Vekic was going to accuse the moral blow of having lost the second set. However, nothing is further from reality. The Croatian tennis player made it clear that this carelessness did not affect her excessively and she quickly took control of the duel thanks to her aggressive tennis at the expense of the mistakes of a Sabalenka who showed her worst face in the decisive moments of the meeting. The games were happening, and finally Donna Vekic was able to certify her pass to the San Diego semifinals where she will face to the winner of the Collins-Badosa duel.
