Martina Trevisan downs Elise Mertens 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Hong Kong on Friday. Trevisan will face off with Katerina Siniakova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
Highlights Martina Trevisan vs. Elise Mertens Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Trevisan scored 66 points vs. Mertens’s 49.
Trevisan
The Italian was exceptional in converting all the break points (6/6).
Mertens
On the other side, the Belgian was battling in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Trevisan and Mertens is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Martina Trevisan vs. Katerina Siniakova – stats
Trevisan will come up against Siniakova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Martina Trevisan and Katerina Siniakova square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Trevisan and Siniakova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Trevisan won 6-0 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Guadalajara back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after she broke Mertens in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Mertens tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. However, Trevisan didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.
A crucial moment of this set was when Martina won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
The Italian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). On the other side, Elise converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. Martina was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Belgian (38-28). The Italian dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Elise conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Trevisan commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Martina to win the set since the Belgian managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Martina maintained her cool to break Mertens in the 9th (6-3) game.
Martina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.
A defining moment of this set was when the Italian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Trevisan was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (4-0 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the Belgian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th (0-5 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 49 points. Martina won 7 points more than Mertens (28-21). The Italian dropped 15 points on serve (16-15). In addition, on the other side, Mertens conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-61 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-62 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-1) – H2H details and stats