Elise Mertens survives the 2019 runner-up Simona Halep 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Mertens will face Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Mertens's Record

Elise added to her prize money € 24,322 after conquering this match. She has won already € 58,370 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add € 48,320 to her earnings to get in total € 106,690 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Simona Halep Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Halep
4-6 7-5 7-5
2h:34
109
109
Total points
102
102
41
41
Winners
43
43
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
9
9
Double Faults
10
10
63%
63%
1st in
66%
66%
68%
68%
1st won
57%
57%
41/60
41/60
1st won
43/76
43/76
34%
34%
2nd won
43%
43%
12/35
12/35
2nd won
17/40
17/40
-- Break Points --
8/15
8/15
Total
7/10
7/10
53%
53%
Won
70%
70%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 109 points vs. the Romanian’s 102.

Mertens

Elise was pretty effective at converting 53% of the break points that she conquered (8/15).

Halep

On the other side, Halep was pretty focused in converting 70% of the break points that she procured points (7/10). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Halep is 2-4 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Mertens will fight against Sabalenka in the quarter.

This will be the 7th time that Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but Mertens leads 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 7-5 6-2 in the final in Linz back in 2020.

Live score progression and stats

Simona won the set after she broke Elise in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Elise tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Halep didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.

Simona converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 6th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Mertens converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 60 points. The Romanian won 8 more points than Mertens (34-26). The Romanian surrendered 12 points on serve (21-12). on the other side of the court, Elise conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

Mertens took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 2nd

game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Elise to win the set as Simona found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Mertens maintained her focus to break Halep in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (7-5) game.

Simona lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

The Belgian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd

(1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Romanian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They played 73 points. Mertens conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Halep (41-32). Elise surrendered 16 points on serve (19-16). In addition, on the other side, Halep conceded 22 points on serve (16-22).

Elise won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, The Belgian broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.

They contested 78 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Simona (44-34). Elise conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). In addition, on the other side, Simona conceded 24 points on serve (21-24).

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