Elise Mertens overcomes Swiatek in the quarter at the China Open – BEIJING RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens conquers Swiatek

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Elise Mertens hustles Iga Swiatek 7-6(0) 6-3 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Mertens will face Qinwen Zheng in the semifinal. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Beijing
Mertens's Record

Elise added to her prize money $ 87,925 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 193,645 as of now in this event. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add $ 146,545 to her earnings to get in total $ 340,190.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Iga Swiatek China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Swiatek
Elise Mertens
7-60 6-3
1h:50
Iga Swiatek
77
77
Total points
60
60
33
33
Winners
37
37
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
62%
62%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
60%
60%
1st in
80%
80%
87%
87%
1st won
63%
63%
33/38
33/38
1st won
37/59
37/59
64%
64%
2nd won
60%
60%
16/25
16/25
2nd won
9/15
9/15
-- Break Points --
1/4
1/4
Total
0/0
0/0
25%
25%
Won
0%
0%
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After this encounter, the head to head between Mertens and Swiatek is 1-2 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Mertens will play Zheng in the semifinal.

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

The last time that they played each other, Zheng won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Charleston back in 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Mertens 7-6
MertensSwiatek
7
6
S
1
0
M
2
0
M
3
0
S
4
0
S
5
0
M
6
0
M
7
0
MertensSwiatek
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensSwiatek
5
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MertensSwiatek
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensSwiatek
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MertensSwiatek
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensSwiatek
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MertensSwiatek
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MertensSwiatek
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensSwiatek
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MertensSwiatek
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MertensSwiatek
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MertensSwiatek
0
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Elise had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-0.

Tiebreak

Mertens won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0

The Belgian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). On the other side, Elise didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 82 points. Elise was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Pole (45-37). Mertens dropped 7 points on serve (28-7). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).

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

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Belgian snatched in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Mertens converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 55 points. The Belgian won 9 more points than Iga (32-23). Mertens lost 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, Swiatek conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

1st
Mertens
Swiatek
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Mertens
Swiatek
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Beijing

  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 7-66)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (7-60 6-3)
  • Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-3 6-0)
  • Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-64 7-63)

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