Evert praises Vekic after superb final run at San Diego Open: "So great to see her hard work paying off"

Chris Evert was amazed by what Donna Vekic was able to do in San Diego as the Croatian pushed to the final and played a respectable one against Swiatek.

The Croatian has always had promise in her game but she was unable to figure things out between all the injuries and poor form lately. She was starting to play well in weeks prior but things finally clicked for her in San Diego and Evert loved to see it.

She wrote on her Twitter:

"Congratulations to @DonnaVekic, she was on (fire) last week with consecutive wins over top players. So great to see her hard work paying off."

The run gave Vekic plenty of points and she's back in the top 50 after spending weeks outside of it.