And at the third Grand Slam in a row, Croatian tennis players Donna Vekić (28, WTA 19.) see you next week! After a long three hours and a minute of fighting, Osječanka s 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 7-5 against a talented Russian woman Diane Schneider (20, WTA 13) and entered the round of 16 Australian Opena.
In the first set, Vekić celebrated in the tie-break before Shnaider did the same in the second. Then, in the last set, the Russian tennis player was 5-3 and served for the set, but that’s when Donna “turned on” and took four games in a row for a great victory.
Our tennis player took the opponent’s serve six times out of nine opportunities, had 10 aces, and fired 44 winners from the game with 38 unforced errors. The last and only time in Australia, Donna was in the čquarterfinals back in 2023, and now she has the opportunity to repeat that success.
For that, they will need to beat another Russian woman in the next match Anastasia Pavlječenkova (33rd, WTA 32nd) who is against the German Laure Siegemund (36, WTA 97) won 6-1, 6-2 in just an hour and a half. Meč is scheduled for Sunday, June 19, in the morning, our time.