MELBOURNE RESULTS. Great Mertens crushes Kovinic in the 1st round

Elise Mertens rolls over Danka Kovinic 6-2 6-0 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Heather Watson in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Mertens came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Kovinic in the 1^st game (1-0). The Belgian improved her lead after breaking Danka in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

Danka was overpowered in this set and the Belgian won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 55 points vs. Kovinic’s 30 points.

The Belgian served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (18/23) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (12/18) on her second serve. Elise was pretty good in converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6). On the other side, Danka wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Mertens and Kovinic is 1-0 for Elise.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Danka Kovinic Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Heather Watson – stats

Mertens will come up against Watson in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Elise Mertens and Heather Watson square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Mertens (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Watson won 6-7⁵ 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Hobart back in January 2020.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Elise MertensMertens – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-6⁶ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Timea BabosBabos (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Astra SharmaSharma (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Yafan WangWang (7-6⁵ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-7⁵ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Antonia LottnerLottner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (6-3 2-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Arantxa RusRus – Magda LinetteLinette (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Johanna KontaKonta (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Nao HibinoHibino – Shuai PengPeng (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Harriet DartDart – Misaki DoiDoi (2-6 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (5-7 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Maria SharapovaSharapova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-6³ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Lauren DavisDavis – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Priscilla HonHon – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Angelique KerberKerber – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Shelby RogersRogers (0-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Qiang WangWang – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Jennifer BradyBrady (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuZhu – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (4-6 6-1 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Na-Lae HanHan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Sloane StephensStephens (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Kaia KanepiKanepi (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Ann LiLi – Lizette CabreraCabrera (7-6⁴ 7-6¹⁰) – See score progression
• Julia GoergesGoerges – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Johanna LarssonLarsson (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Kristie AhnAhn (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Venus WilliamsWilliams (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Samantha StosurStosur (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (5-7 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Madison KeysKeys – Arantxa RusRus (0-0) – See H2H details
• Belinda BencicBencic – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – See H2H details
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-2) – See H2H details
• Donna VekicVekic – Alize CornetCornet (0-1) – See H2H details
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elise MertensMertens – Heather WatsonWatson (3-1) – See H2H details
• Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-1) – See H2H details
• Harriet DartDart – Simona HalepHalep (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Lauren DavisDavis (4-0) – See H2H details
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-1) – See H2H details
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (2-1) – See H2H details
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-0) – See H2H details
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (2-0) – See H2H details
• Priscilla HonHon – Angelique KerberKerber (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – See H2H details
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alison RiskeRiske – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-2) – See H2H details
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Cori GauffGauff (1-0) – See H2H details
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Sofia KeninKenin (1-0) – See H2H details
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (0-1) – See H2H details
• Qiang WangWang – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-1) – See H2H details