Mertens downs Zhang in the 1st round – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens topples Zhang to come up against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Shuai Zhang

Elise Mertens dispatches Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid on Friday. Mertens will square off with Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Madrid
Mertens's Record

The Belgian added to her prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. She has won already € 20,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add € 14,048 to her earnings to get in total € 34,048 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Zhang
Elise Mertens
6-3 6-3
1h:23
Shuai Zhang
65
65
Total points
48
48
30
30
Winners
15
15
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
69%
69%
1st in
58%
58%
75%
75%
1st won
47%
47%
30/40
30/40
1st won
15/32
15/32
39%
39%
2nd won
52%
52%
7/18
7/18
2nd won
12/23
12/23
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
2/5
2/5
83%
83%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 65 points vs. the Chinese’s 48.

Mertens

Mertens served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (30/40) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 39% points (7/18) on her second serve. Mertens was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Zhang

On the other side, Shuai was not so effective in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Zhang is 2-1 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Mertens will come up against Rybakina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Elena Rybakina square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in Shenzhen back in 2020.

Elise Mertens Draw info

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1st Set -
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MertensZhang
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M
0
0
Z
0
0

Rybakina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Mertens found the way to come back to break the Chinese 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Chinese was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Mertens converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Shuai converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 58 points. Elise was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Chinese (33-25). The Belgian conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the net, Shuai conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

2nd Set -
Mertens Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Rybakina had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Mertens in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Belgian refused to bow to come back to break the Chinese in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Belgian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Mertens was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Shuai converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 55 points. Elise won 9 more points than the Chinese (32-23). The Belgian conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the court, Zhang conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

 

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