Elise Mertens gets by Kristyna Pliskova 7-5 7-64 in the semifinal in Prague on Saturday. Mertens is going to play against Simona Halep in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

Mertens enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Pliskova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Elise to win the set as the Czech managed to break back in the 10th (5-5) game. Elise kept her cool to break the Czech in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

Mertens converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Czech converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 71 points. Elise was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Kristyna (38-33). Elise lost 11 points on serve (23-11). In addition, on the other side, Pliskova conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Elise won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Elise won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Pliskova won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.

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

The Belgian was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Czech was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).

They played 101 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Kristyna (54-47

). Mertens conceded 14 points on serve (33-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Pliskova conceded 21 points on serve (33-21).

Mertens will add to her prize money € 5,965 after managing to win this match. She has won already € 14,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add € -14,000 to her earnings to earn € 0 in total.

Match Statistics

Mertens
Pliskova
7-5 7-64
92
92
Total points
80
80
42
42
Winners
38
38
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
68%
68%
1st in
65%
65%
76%
76%
1st won
64%
64%
42/55
42/55
1st won
38/59
38/59
54%
54%
2nd won
53%
53%
14/26
14/26
2nd won
17/32
17/32
-- Break Points --
2/9
2/9
Total
1/8
1/8
22%
22%
Won
13%
13%
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At the end of the match, Mertens scored 92 points vs. the Czech’s 80.

The Belgian served extremely well to win 76% of the points (42/55) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (14/26) on her second serve. The Belgian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Kristyna was struggling when converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Pliskova is 3-0 for Elise.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Kristyna Pliskova Prague Open – Prague

Mertens’s Interview

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Simona Halep – stats

Mertens will square off with Halep in the final.

This will be the 5th time that Elise Mertens and Simona Halep face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Halep won 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in Melbourne back in January 2020.

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