FRENCH OPEN STATS. Unrelenting Mertens trashes Gasparyan in the 1st round of the French Open

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens thumps Gasparyan to take on Kaia Kanepi in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Margarita Gasparyan

Elise Mertens annihilates Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris on Sunday after playing a terrific match to clash against Kaia Kanepi in the 2nd round.

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1st Set -
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Gasparyan was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Mertens in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Belgian was not done to come back to break the Russian 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Mertens failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

Margarita lost the 4th game (3-1) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. A defining moment of this set was when Elise won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Elise converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Margarita converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).

They played 55 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Russian (33-22). The Belgian lost 12 points on serve (13-12). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (10-20).

2nd Set -
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Gasparyan started the set in the best possible way after breaking Mertens in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Mertens refused to bow to come back to break the Russian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Margarita was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Belgian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 73 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Margarita (39-34). Mertens conceded 20 points on serve (22-20). On the other side, Margarita conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).

Elise will add to her prize money € 24,000 after managing to win this match. She has won already € 84,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add € 42,000 to her earnings to get in total € 126,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Gasparyan
Elise Mertens
6-2 6-3
1h:43
Margarita Gasparyan
72
72
Total points
56
56
20
20
Winners
15
15
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
27%
27%
23
23
Unforced
31
31
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
8/12
8/12
Net Approaches
12/16
12/16
67%
67%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
54%
54%
1st in
61%
61%
56%
56%
1st won
41%
41%
20/36
20/36
1st won
15/37
15/37
48%
48%
2nd won
38%
38%
15/31
15/31
2nd won
9/24
9/24
167
167
Fastest serve
160
160
138
138
AVG 1st Serve
144
144
117
117
AVG 2nd Serve
126
126
-- Break Points --
7/10
7/10
Total
4/10
4/10
70%
70%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Mertens scored 72 points vs. the Russian’s 56.

Mertens was effective when converting 70% of the break points that she conquered (7/10). On the other side, the Russian had a tough time converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Gasparyan is 2-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Kaia Kanepi – stats

Mertens will play Kanepi in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Elise Mertens and Kaia Kanepi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Kanepi won 0-6 6-0 7-5 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2019.

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