Elise Mertens dispatches Osaka in the 2nd round to battle vs Samsonova. HIGHLIGHTS – TORONTO RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens prevails over Osaka to fight against Liudmila Samsonova in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Naomi Osaka

Elise Mertens dispatches Naomi Osaka 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto on Thursday. Mertens will face off with Liudmila Samsonova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Toronto
Mertens's Record

Elise added to her prize money $ 15,804 after winning this match. She has already won $ 36,454 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add $ 36,511 to her earnings to get in total $ 72,965 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Naomi Osaka National Bank Open – Toronto

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Osaka
Elise Mertens
6-3 6-4
1h:31
Naomi Osaka
64
64
Total points
53
53
25
25
Winners
19
19
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
10
10
Double Faults
6
6
49%
49%
1st in
50%
50%
81%
81%
1st won
70%
70%
25/31
25/31
1st won
19/27
19/27
44%
44%
2nd won
37%
37%
14/32
14/32
2nd won
10/27
10/27
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
2/3
2/3
67%
67%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 64 points vs. Naomi’s 53.

Mertens

Elise served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 44% points (14/32) on her second serve. The Belgian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).

Osaka

On the other side, Naomi was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Osaka is 3-4 for Naomi.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats

Mertens will come up against Samsonova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Liudmila Samsonova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Samsonova won 7-64 6-4 in the 1st round in Washington back in 2022.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Mertens 6-3
MertensOsaka
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MertensOsaka
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensOsaka
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensOsaka
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MertensOsaka
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensOsaka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MertensOsaka
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MertensOsaka
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensOsaka
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensOsaka
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Mertens started the set in the best possible way after breaking Naomi Osaka in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Elise to win the set as Osaka succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Belgian kept her cool to break the Japanese in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

The Japanese was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Mertens was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 0-40).

They contested 66 points. Elise was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Osaka (37-29). The Belgian lost 15 points on serve (21-15). On the losing side, Naomi conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

2nd Set -
Mertens 6-4
MertensOsaka
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensOsaka
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensOsaka
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensOsaka
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MertensOsaka
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MertensOsaka
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MertensOsaka
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MertensOsaka
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
MertensOsaka
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Mertens didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Naomi Osaka in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the Belgian found the way to come back to break the Japanese in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

Elise converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Elise won just 3 points more than the Japanese (27-24). Mertens surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

1st
Mertens
Osaka
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Mertens
Osaka
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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