Donna Vekic defeats Caroline Garcia to win entertaining Monterrey Open final and move into top 25 of WTA rankings

Donna Vekic beat Caroline Garcia 6-4 3-6 7-5 in an entertaining Monterrey Open final to win her fourth career WTA Tour title. A dip in form over the last three years, plus a severe injury that forced her to miss half of last season, had seen Vekic fall down the rankings. Ad However, she has been making her way back up towards the sharp end of the WTA Tour and is now ranked inside the top 25.

Australian OpenSabalenka into Aus Open semis for the first time after beating error-prone Vekic25/01/2023 AT 01:58 «It was a crazy match until the end,” said Vekic. “[Garcia] was playing so well, playing so deep. »I was trying to win as many points as I could.

It was not easy, but I’m really happy to win. «It’s been a great start to the year for me. If the title didn’t come now, I believe that it would have come soon.

“So I’ve been playing good tennis, and I just need to keep working hard and hopefully stay healthy, and I’m sure I will keep having good results.» Vekic broke at 2-1 in the first set which proved to be the decisive moment in the first part of the match. When serving for the set, the Croatian faced three break points but Garcia failed to return either of the serves so Vekic took the set in 41 minutes. Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells due to vaccination status Ukraine’s Kostyuk secures first WTA title with victory over Gracheva in Texas She immediately broke Garcia at the start of the second and had a 2-0 lead, only for Garcia to find her rhythm as she won five games in a row to take the match to a decider.