Donna Vekic seen in action during the Kooyong Classic Tennis Tournament women's singles match of day 1 against Linda Fruhvirtova. Melbourne's summer of tennis has kicked off, with the Care A2 Kooyong Classic serving up an ace opening day of play at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. Donna Vekic launched the women's singles with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Linda Fruhvirtova. Vekic, the Croatian world no. 60 overcame the rising Czech star in her debut on Kooyongís historic centre court.Despite an early opportunity to break the Vekic serve, Fruhvirtova was unable to capitalise, with experience helping the C

Donna Vekic seen in action during the Kooyong Classic Tennis Tournament women's singles match of day 1 against Linda Fruhvirtova. Melbourne's summer of tennis has kicked off, with the Care A2  Kooyong Classic serving up an ace opening day of play at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. Donna Vekic launched the women's singles with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Linda Fruhvirtova. Vekic, the Croatian world no. 60 overcame the rising Czech star in her debut on Kooyongís historic centre court.Despite an early opportunity to break the Vekic serve, Fruhvirtova was unable to capitalise, with experience helping the C Stock Photo
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Donna Vekic seen in action during the Kooyong Classic Tennis Tournament women's singles match of day 1 against Linda Fruhvirtova. Melbourne's summer of tennis has kicked off, with the Care A2+ Kooyong Classic serving up an ace opening day of play at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. Donna Vekic launched the women's singles with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Linda Fruhvirtova. Vekic, the Croatian world no. 60 overcame the rising Czech star in her debut on Kooyongís historic centre court.Despite an early opportunity to break the Vekic serve, Fruhvirtova was unable to capitalise, with experience helping the Croatian to a comfortable victory over the talented teenager, who battled an injury to her upper leg requiring treatment off court in the second set.

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