Elise Mertens thumps Su-Wei Hsieh 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Rome on Monday after playing a good match to play Magda Linette in the 2nd round.
Live score progression and stats
Mertens overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Hsieh in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Mertens to win the set as Hsieh succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Mertens kept her cool to break Hsieh in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Su-Wei was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Elise converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Hsieh converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 55 points. Mertens conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Chinese (30-25). Mertens conceded 9 points on serve (13-9). In addition, on the other side, Hsieh conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Hsieh had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Mertens in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Elise managed to stage a great comeback to break the Chinese 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Su-Wei was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Mertens was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 48 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Su-Wei (31-17). Mertens surrendered 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Su-Wei conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Mertens will add to her prize money € 4,745 after winning this match. She has won already € 13,745 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add € 5,610 to her earnings to get in total € 19,355 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 61 points vs. the Chinese’s 42.
Mertens was effective at converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11). On the other side, Hsieh was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mertens and Hsieh is 3-1 for Elise.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Su-Wei Hsieh Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Magda Linette – stats
Mertens will play Linette in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Magda Linette play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Elise MertensMertens – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (7-5 6-75 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-4 6-75 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Julia GoergesGoerges (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Donna VekicVekic (7-64 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Aliona BolsovaBolsova – Alison RiskeRiske (5-7 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Angelique KerberKerber (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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