Elise Mertens topples Zarina Diyas 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday. Mertens will face off with Maria Sakkari in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 4th 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 € 29,000 after conquering this match. She has won already € 113,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add € 57,000 to her earnings to get in total € 170,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Diyas
4-6 6-2 6-4
2h:27
99
99
Total points
84
84
37
37
Winners
39
39
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
31
31
Unforced
30
30
51%
51%
Ratio Unforced
49%
49%
13/15
13/15
Net Approaches
15/20
15/20
87%
87%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
59%
59%
1st in
64%
64%
74%
74%
1st won
62%
62%
37/50
37/50
1st won
39/63
39/63
51%
51%
2nd won
43%
43%
18/35
18/35
2nd won
15/35
15/35
187
187
Fastest serve
170
170
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
151
151
131
131
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
3/6
3/6
38%
38%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 99 points vs. Zarina’s 84.

Mertens

Mertens won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Diyas

On the other side, the Kazakhstani was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Maria Sakkari – stats

Mertens will take on Sakkari in the 3rd round.

This will be the 8th time that Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 4-3 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but Sakkari has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 6-2 3-6 6-1 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2019.

Live score progression and stats

Sakkari was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Kazakhstani to win the set as Mertens found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Zarina maintained her focus to break Elise in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Elise was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4. Nonetheless also the Belgian won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2

The Kazakhstani converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Mertens converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 73 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Kazakhstani won barely 1 point more than Elise (37-36). The Kazakhstani surrendered 18 points on serve (19-18). on the other side of the net, Elise conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).

Mertens had a favorable start in this set after breaking Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). The Belgian extended her lead after breaking Diyas in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Belgian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Mertens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. Elise was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Zarina (26-13). Mertens was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Belgian clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4

).

The Belgian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Mertens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mertens won just 3 more points than Diyas (37-34). Mertens surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Zarina conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).

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