Elise Mertens and Jasmine Paolini will face off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 8. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.33
Jasmine Paolini -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Jasmine Paolini
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Jasmine Paolini clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Prague back in 2020.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs Jasmine Paolini – Prague 11-August-2020
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 18, Mertens will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Chicago where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Collins in the 3rd round on the 30th of September.
The Belgian has an aggregate 32-18 win-loss record in 2021, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 359-188 record. She has a positive 202-90 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
Jasmine Paolini
Ranked no. 63, Paolini reached the 2nd round after defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-1 6-4 and Mai Hontama 6-0 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Hontama (6-0 3-6 6-2). During the match Paolini scored 78 points vs Hontama’s 65. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Paolini struck 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jasmine Paolini lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Paolini put 72% of her first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Jasmine broke Hontama 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in the Bol where she beat Arantxa Rus in the final 6-2 7-6(4) and in in Portoroz where she defeated Alison Riske in the final 7-6(4) 6-2.
Jasmine has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2021, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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