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

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