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Donna Vekic, by her ain admission, hasn’t had a large 2025. She mislaid aboriginal successful the WTA Tour tournaments and the Grand Slams. Her champion show this twelvemonth was reaching the round-of-16 successful the Australian Open and the US Open.
The 29-year-old, a Wimbledon semifinalist and Paris Olympics finalist past year, however, remains assured arsenic ever and is looking guardant to performing good successful the ongoing WTA 250 Chennai Open here.
The 3rd seeded Croat, ranked a career-high 17, suffered a insignificant setback owed to blistery and humid conditions, took a aesculapian timeout successful the archetypal circular present against India’s Vaishnavi Adkar, earlier recovering to triumph successful consecutive sets.
“It was not an casual match, precise hard conditions aft 2 days of rain, utmost vigor today. But blessed to person won successful 2 sets,” she said astatine a property league connected Wednesday.
Croatia’s Donna Vekic successful enactment against India’s Vaishnavi Adkar astatine the WTA Chennai Open 2025 tennis at the SDAT stadium, Chennai, on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM
After splitting with manager Nikola Horvat successful November 2024, Vekic hired erstwhile US Open finalist Pam Shriver earlier the 63-year-old exited successful June this year. But Vekic is not unduly worried.
“It’s not easy. I volition decidedly person a full-time manager for adjacent season. But, you know, I didn’t privation to unreserved into making a determination and conscionable bring connected idiosyncratic new. I person a hitting spouse manager from Croatia with maine this week and my parents. It‘s much than capable support,” said Vekic, ranked 78 successful the world.
Vekic signed disconnected saying she inactive has the tummy for a combat and is keen to container her 5th WTA Tour rubric and if it happens here, she would beryllium thrilled.
“I’m not going to lie. It’s wherefore I’m present successful Chennai. Hopefully, I’ll get a mates of matches in. Maybe adjacent a title. I haven’t won a batch of matches this year. I’m conscionable trying to physique my confidence,” she said.
