Elise Mertens gets the better of Zhu in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens gets the better of Zhu to compete against Belinda Bencic in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Lin Zhu

Elise Mertens gets by Lin Zhu 7-68 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Mertens will face Belinda Bencic in the 3rd round. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Melbourne
Mertens's Record

The Belgian added to her prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Mertens will add $ 105,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Lin Zhu Australian Open – Melbourne

Mertens’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Zhu
Elise Mertens
7-68 6-1
1h:44
Lin Zhu
73
73
Total points
59
59
34
34
Winners
23
23
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
21
21
Unforced
41
41
34%
34%
Ratio Unforced
66%
66%
7/10
7/10
Net Approaches
20/27
20/27
70%
70%
Perc
74%
74%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
71%
71%
1st in
62%
62%
67%
67%
1st won
62%
62%
34/51
34/51
1st won
23/37
23/37
43%
43%
2nd won
30%
30%
9/21
9/21
2nd won
7/23
7/23
185
185
Fastest serve
174
174
158
158
AVG 1st Serve
155
155
130
130
AVG 2nd Serve
126
126
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
3/6
3/6
83%
83%
Won
50%
50%
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After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Zhu is 2-1 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Belinda Bencic – stats

Mertens will play Bencic in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Belinda Bencic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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MertensZhu
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0
0
Z
0
0

Elise won the set after she broke Lin 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Lin tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Nonetheless, Mertens didn’t lose the lead to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 8.

Elise failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.

Tiebreak

The Belgian won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Zhu won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3) and 11th (6-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-c

The Belgian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Elise saved 4 set points when she was 3-5, 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7 down. Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mertens won just 3 points more than Zhu (43-40). Elise dropped 20 points on serve (24-20). on the other side of the net, Zhu conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0

Mertens had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Mertens managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Zhu in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Elise won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Elise was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, Zhu wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (0-4 30-40).

They played 49 points. Elise was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Chinese (30-19). Mertens lost 9 points on serve (18-9). On the losing side, Lin conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

 

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