Croatia’s Donna Vekic gets boost from PH crowd to ease into 2nd round

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MANILA, Philippines — Drawing an unexpected support from the Filipino crowd, Croatian Donna Vekic dazzled in her Philippine Women’s Open debut, sweeping Japanese Kyoka Okamura, 6-2, 6-2, on Tuesday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum amid the rain delay.
Filipinos had grown accustomed to Vekic, who recently lost to Filipino rising star Alex Eala twice in the ASB Classic in Auckland and Kooyong exhibition in Melbourne earlier this month. Some have even playfully called the 29-year-old Vekic “Tita Donna” on social media.
“It’s very nice. I feel very welcomed, and hopefully I can stay here the whole week because it’s really a big pleasure playing in front of them,” said Vekic.
“It was great to play today. The crowd was amazing and it was a good match, so I’m really happy with the performance.”
The 2024 Paris Olympic silver medalist takes on Mariia Tkacheva in the round of 16 on Wednesday at Court 1. Tkacheva beat Japanese Sara Saito, 6-2, 6-2, earlier.

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