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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Donna Vekic Breaks Out in the Tashkent Open

16-year old Donna Vekic of Croatia finally breaks out in the WTA tour by reaching her first final ever!  Currently ranked #183 in the world, she made a big splash in the first round here in the Tashkent Open by defeating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, ranked #54 in the world.  She then proceeded to defeat Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino of Spain, ranked #91 in the world, in the second round.  In the quarterfinals, she shocked Serbian Bojana Jovanovski, ranked #64 in the world.  

She then defeated Eva Birnerova of the Czech Republic, ranked #133 in the world, in the semifinals.  In the finals, Donna lost to Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 64 64.
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