
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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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).
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 β¬ 24,000 after managing to win this match. She has won already β¬ 84,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add β¬ 42,000 to her earnings to get in total β¬ 126,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mertens scored 72 points vs. the Russianβs 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% β 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 β 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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