Donna Vekic (Croatia) qualified for her first career Grand Slam semi-final after eliminating Lulu Sun (Australia) by 2-1 (5:7, 6:4, 6:1) at Wimbledon.
Donna Vekic played her third Slam quarterfinal and had to work extremely hard to end the “fairy tale” of the 123rd in the world ranking representative of New Zealand, who made a fantastic performance so far.
The 28-year-old Croatian defeated the qualifier in 2 hours and 8 minutes of play. Donna Vekic made a great comeback after losing the first set by 5:7, but after two late breaks in the second set succeeded to equalize. Thus, she got a strong momentum, winning five games in a row in the third set, which she closed at 6:1 in only 28 minutes.
Donna Vekic is the second Croatian to reach the Wimbledon semifinals after Mirjana Lucic in 1999.
Donna Vekic will face in the semi-finals the 7th-seeded Jasmine Paolini (Italy), who eliminated Emma Navarro (USA) after 2-0 (6:2, 6:1) and continue with her impressive season so far after playing the final at the French Open / Roland Garros and winning the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship.
