Donna Vekic suffers mid-air fright ahead of Guadalajara victory
The former world number one is in a world of trouble after losing the first set against the resurgent Martina Hingis but she fought back to win the second set 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. She also saved two match points only to let them slip away as the match went into a second set of three sets in 2 hours and 17 minutes.
The former world number one is in a world of trouble after losing the first set against the resurgent Martina Hingis but she fought back to win the second set 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
She also saved two match points only to let them slip away as the match went into a second set of three sets in 2 hours and 17 minutes.
The former world number one is almost certain to be dropped from the top 10 in the world rankings to the 100s.
The British number one is in a world of trouble after losing the first set against the resurgent Martina Hingis but she fought back to win the second set 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
She also saved two match points only to let them slip away as the match went into a second set of three sets in 2 hours and 17 minutes.
The former world number one is almost certain to be dropped from the top 10 in the world rankings to the 100s.
At the age of 27, she lost her first set to her long-time rival, Jelena Ostapenko at the WTA Finals.
She has never been beaten in a first set against the world number one. The first time she was beaten in this way was at Wimbledon, in a match when she ended up losing the first seven games before prevailing in a tight set 7-5, 6-3.
The US Open, however, is her last scheduled tournament for 2016. Hingis had been in control of the head-to-head record at the top of the women’s game. But Vek