Ajla Tomljanovic stuns Mertens in the 1st round of the Birmingham Classic. HIGHLIGHTS – BIRMINGHAM RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM CLASSIC - BIRMINGHAM DRAW AND RESULTS. Tomljanovic stuns Mertens to take on Coco Vandeweghe in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Elise Mertens

Ajla Tomljanovic shocks Elise Mertens 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Birmingham on Tuesday. Tomljanovic will seek to keep on going in this event against Coco Vandeweghe in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 9 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Tomljanovic's Record

Tomljanovic added to her prize money $ 1,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 3,675 after this win. If she wins the next match, Tomljanovic will add $ 2,125 to her earnings to get in total $ 5,800 in total.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Elise Mertens Birmingham Classic – Birmingham

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tomljanovic
Mertens
Ajla Tomljanovic
7-65 6-75 7-64
3h:09
Elise Mertens
125
125
Total points
122
122
60
60
Winners
51
51
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
14
14
7
7
Double Faults
12
12
65%
65%
1st in
56%
56%
72%
72%
1st won
76%
76%
60/83
60/83
1st won
51/67
51/67
43%
43%
2nd won
43%
43%
19/44
19/44
2nd won
23/53
23/53
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
4/8
4/8
57%
57%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Ajla scored 125 points vs. Elise’s 122.

Tomljanovic

Ajla was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).

Mertens

On the other side, Elise was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Mertens is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Coco Vandeweghe – stats

Tomljanovic will play Vandeweghe in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Coco Vandeweghe fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vandeweghe (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Vandeweghe won 6-2 ret. in the 1st round in Stanford back in 2017.

Ajla Tomljanovic Draw info

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1st Set -
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Tomljanovic won the set after she broke Mertens in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Mertens tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Nevertheless, Tomljanovic kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

Tomljanovic won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Elise won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.

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

The Australian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Belgian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 8th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 88 points. This set was so close that, The Australian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Tomljanovic dropped 19 points on serve (27-19). On the losing side, Mertens conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).

2nd Set -
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Tomljanovic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Vandeweghe in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Mertens managed to stage a good comeback to break the Australian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Elise failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

Tiebreak

The Belgian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Ajla won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2) and 8th (4-4) point.

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

Mertens was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 0-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Ajla converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40).

They contested 85 points. It’s worth to point out that, Mertens won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Ajla (42-43). The Belgian lost 17 points on serve (23-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).

3rd Set -
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the Australian won the breaker at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Tomljanovic won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Mertens won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (2-3), 8th (3-5) and 9th (4-5) point.

Ajla won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

They contested 72 points. The Australian won 4 points more than the Belgian (38-34). The Australian surrendered 11 points on serve (25-11). In addition, on the other side, Mertens conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).

 

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