Elise Mertens and Sara Sorribes Tormo will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7 pm on Court 11. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.108
Sara Sorribes Tormo -> 6.2
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Sara Sorribes Tormo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sorribes Tormo won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in the 1100032309 back in 1970.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 18, Elise reached the 1st round after beating Laura Siegemund 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-2 6-2). During the match Mertens scored 65 points vs Siegemund’s 49. Mertens was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mertens scored 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elise Mertens conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Siegemund 4 times.
Mertens has a weak win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 33% of her matches (941-468). 14-6 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mertens has a 325-172 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Mertens’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Prague.
Elise has a 20-8 win-loss record in 2020, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Belgian lost in the quarter 3-6 6-2 6-3 to Bianca Vanessa Andreescu.
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Ranked no. 82, Sara reached the 1st round after defeating Claire Liu 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-2 6-4). During the match Sorribes Tormo scored 72 points vs Liu’s 59. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Sorribes Tormo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Sara Sorribes Tormo lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sorribes Tormo put 63% of her first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Sorribes Tormo broke Liu 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).
Sorribes Tormo has a negative win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 49% of her matches (354-367). 4-6 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sorribes Tormo has a 251-178 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Sorribes Tormo has a 7-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Spaniard lost in the 1st round 6-1 6-1 to Anett Kontaveit.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 |
| Pts | 65-49 | 72-59 |
| Total Points | 114 | 131 |
| Winners | 30 | 25 |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% |
Both Mertens and Sorribes Tormo played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Sorribes Tormo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mertens played 2 games less than Sorribes Tormo. Elise scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Sara bagged 25 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 40/63 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 25/40 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 10/23 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 43% |
Mertens bagged 3 aces . Sorribes Tormo recorded 1 ace . Mertens won 70% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sorribes Tormo won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 100% | 38% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Mertens broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Mertens pretty solid on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 9 break points. Sorribes Tormo broke her opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Siegemund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 43/71 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sorribes Tormo | |||
| R1 Liu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 72-59 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 40/63 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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