Mertens beats Martic in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. HIGHLIGHTS – ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS

ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY - ST. PETERSBURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens hustles Martic to come up against Maria Sakkari in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic

Elise Mertens tops Petra Martic 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. Mertens will face off with Maria Sakkari in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
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Mertens's Record

Mertens added to her prize money $ 9,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 18,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add $ 20,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 39,000 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Martic
Elise Mertens
6-4 3-6 6-2
2h:14
Petra Martic
88
88
Total points
78
78
34
34
Winners
29
29
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
6
6
Double Faults
6
6
61%
61%
1st in
55%
55%
69%
69%
1st won
62%
62%
34/49
34/49
1st won
29/47
29/47
52%
52%
2nd won
49%
49%
16/31
16/31
2nd won
19/39
19/39
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
3/7
3/7
42%
42%
Won
43%
43%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 88 points vs. Martic’s 78.

Mertens

Mertens won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Martic

On the other side, Martic had some problems converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Martic is 3-0 for Elise.

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

Mertens will come up against Sakkari in the quarter.

This will be the 9th time that Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 4-4 for Mertens and Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 7-5 6-72 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris back in 2021.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Mertens had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Petra Martic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Mertens to win the set since Martic managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.

Mertens converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Martic converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 68 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Croatian (37-31). The Belgian surrendered 10 points on serve (18-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Martic conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Martic snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).

Martic was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Martic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Petra won 8 more points than Elise (31-23). Petra surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Mertens conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

Sakkari conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Petra Martic in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Belgian refused to bow to come back to break Petra 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Elise won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Elise was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Martic was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They played 44 points. Mertens was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than the Croatian (28-16). Elise surrendered 9 points on serve (15-9). On the other side, Petra conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).

 

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