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Elise Mertens outpaces Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday after playing a tremendous match to face off with Shuai Zhang in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Mertens added to her prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Mertens will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Irina-Camelia Begu Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 63 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 42.
Mertens
Elise served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (13/22) on her second serve. Mertens was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (3/4).
Begu
On the other side, the Romanian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Begu is 3-0 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Shuai Zhang – stats
Mertens will play Zhang in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Shuai Zhang clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Elise conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Mertens converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Romanian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 61 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Romanian (36-25). The Belgian lost 10 points on serve (24-10). On the other side, Begu conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
The Belgian in this set was too strong for Begu and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the Romanian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Elise was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Irina-Camelia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 44 points. Mertens was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the Romanian (27-17). The Belgian lost 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
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