Ruthless Mertens destroys Liu in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – MONASTIR RESULTS

Elise Mertens demolishes Claire Liu 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal in Monastir on Saturday after playing an impressive match to face off with Alize Cornet in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes.

Monastir

Mertens's Record

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Claire Liu Jasmin Open Tunisia – Monastir

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens

Liu

6-4 6-0
1h:13

58

58

Total points

30

30

22

22

Winners

9

9

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

30%

30%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

0

0

8

8

Double Faults

2

2

57%

57%

1st in

55%

55%

85%

85%

1st won

39%

39%

22/26

22/26

1st won

9/23

9/23

45%

45%

2nd won

32%

32%

9/20

9/20

2nd won

6/19

6/19

-- Break Points --

5/5

5/5

Total

1/1

1/1

100%

100%

Won

100%

100%

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At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 58 points vs. Liu’s 30.

Mertens

Elise served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (22/26) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 45% points (9/20) on her second serve. Elise was great in converting all the break points (5/5).

Liu

On the other side, The American was great in converting the only break point that she converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Mertens and Liu is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Alize Cornet – stats

Mertens will take on Cornet in the final.

This will be the 5^th time that Elise Mertens and Alize Cornet face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Mertens and Cornet (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in St. Petersburg back in February 2022.

Live score progression and stats

Mertens conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Mertens broke back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.

They played 58 points. The Belgian won 14 more points than the American (36-22). The Belgian surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). On the losing side, Liu conceded 17 points on serve (12-17).

The American had no answers anymore and the Belgian won the set 6-0.

They played 29 points. Elise won 19 more points than the American (24-5). Elise was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Liu conceded 12 points on serve (1-12).

Tennis Scores in Monastir

• Alize CornetCornet – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Claire LiuLiu (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elise MertensMertens – Alize CornetCornet (2-2) – H2H details and stats