Wimbledon: Vekic advances to last 16 on ninth matchpoint, faces Badosa next

Donna Vekic won against Dayana Yastremska 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-1 on Friday afternoon. She’ll play Spaniard Paula Badosa in the next round

Tennis Majors

July 5, 2024

Wimbledon •Third round • completed

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D. YastremskavsD. Vekic

Croat Donna Vekic reached the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 28 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-1 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Londres on Friday.

Yastremska saved one match point late in the second set and then seven more in the final game of the match before Vekic finally converted on her ninth try.

Vekic, ranked No 37, will face Spaniard Paula Badosa next. This is the second time that she is through to the fourth round at Wimbledon – the first one came in 2018 – and the sixth time that she has reached the second week at a Grand Slam.

After two hours and 53 minutes of bruising tennis, AND a court change, Donna Vekic prevails 😵

Dayana Yastremska saved eight match points, but Vekic sealed the deal 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-1.#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/kTDAe9avcl
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 5, 2024

The Croat edged out Chinese Xiyu Wang (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) and defeated Russian lucky loser Erika Andreeva (6-2, 6-3) in the previous rounds of The Championships.

Earlier in the tournament, Yastremska, ranked No 27, beat Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-1, 7-6 (1)) and edged out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)).

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