Xinyu Wang of China beat Donna Vekić of Croatia in the first round of the WTA 500 event in Singapore. The hard-court match ended 6-1 6-2 and lasted 65 minutes. Vekić was seeded eighth at the tournament, while Wang was unseeded. According to rank.tennis, the Chinese player is ranked 38th and has 1288 points. The prize money at the tournament is $1,2 млн.
Both sets were controlled by Wang. She dropped one game in the first and two in the second. Over the match, Vekić won only three games out of fifteen.
The numbers leave no doubt
The statistics from api.tennis explain the scoreline. Wang converted four of seven break points, while Vekić failed to use her only chance to break her opponent. Behind her first serve, the Chinese player won 22 rallies out of 28, while the Croatian took 18 out of 30. The ace count was 3:1 in Wang's favor, and both players committed two double faults. The overall points total was 60:36. This was the fourth meeting between the two players. Vekić won the first two: 6-4 6-4 in 2021 and 6-2 6-4 in 2024. Wang then took the next two matches in a row, 3-6 6-1 6-4 and the current 6-1 6-2. Their head-to-head is now tied at 2:2. Before Singapore, Vekić lost in the second round of the US Open to Ann Li, 7-5 6-7(7) 4-6. Wang also exited in the second round at the same tournament, falling to Anna Kalinskaya.