Elise Mertens beats Kontaveit in the 3rd round. Naomi Osaka next. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens topples Kontaveit to come up against Naomi Osaka in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Anett Kontaveit

Elise Mertens gets by Anett Kontaveit 6-2 0-6 6-2 in the 3rd round in Miami on Sunday. Mertens will play Naomi Osaka in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
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Mertens's Record

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Anett Kontaveit Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Kontaveit
Elise Mertens
6-2 0-6 6-2
1h:47
Anett Kontaveit
71
71
Total points
61
61
29
29
Winners
22
22
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
10
10
Double Faults
2
2
55%
55%
1st in
64%
64%
74%
74%
1st won
56%
56%
29/39
29/39
1st won
22/39
22/39
38%
38%
2nd won
41%
41%
12/32
12/32
2nd won
9/22
9/22
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
4/9
4/9
83%
83%
Won
44%
44%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 71 points vs. the Estonian’s 61.

Mertens

Mertens was effective at converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Kontaveit

On the other side, Kontaveit was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Mertens and Kontaveit is 3-1 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Mertens will play Osaka in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Naomi Osaka face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Osaka won 6-2 7-65 in the semifinal in New York back in 2020.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Mertens came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Osaka in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for Elise to win the set as Anett found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Belgian kept her focus to break Kontaveit in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Belgian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, the Estonian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (0-3 40-A).

They played 49 points. Elise was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Kontaveit (30-19). The Belgian dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). on the other side of the court, Anett conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

This set was completely uneven as the Estonian conceded no games to the Belgian before winning the set 6-0.

They played 42 points. The Estonian won 14 more points than Mertens (28-14). Kontaveit dropped 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Mertens conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

The Belgian in this set didn’t concede much to Kontaveit and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Estonian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Elise won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

They played 38 points. Elise won 12 more points than the Estonian (25-13). The Belgian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Anett conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).

 

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