Fantastic Sabalenka outpaces Mertens in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka thumps Mertens to take on Belinda Bencic in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Aryna Sabalenka thumps Elise Mertens 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday after playing a marvellous match to play Belinda Bencic in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Melbourne
Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money $ 110,325 after winning this match. She has won already $ 338,250 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 217,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 555,250 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elise Mertens Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka
6-2 6-3
1h:14
Elise Mertens
63
63
Total points
43
43
21
21
Winners
21
21
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
20
20
Unforced
12
12
63%
63%
Ratio Unforced
38%
38%
16/19
16/19
Net Approaches
4/6
4/6
84%
84%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
56%
56%
1st in
70%
70%
75%
75%
1st won
54%
54%
21/28
21/28
1st won
21/39
21/39
64%
64%
2nd won
41%
41%
14/22
14/22
2nd won
7/17
7/17
193
193
Fastest serve
189
189
175
175
AVG 1st Serve
169
169
137
137
AVG 2nd Serve
149
149
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
1/3
1/3
57%
57%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 63 points vs. Mertens’s 43.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka served pretty well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind her first serve, and she won 64% points (14/22) on her second serve. The Belarussian was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).

Mertens

On the other side, Mertens was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Sabalenka and Mertens is 7-2 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Belinda Bencic – stats

Sabalenka will face Bencic in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Belinda Bencic square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sabalenka and Bencic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 6-4 2-6 7-67 in the 3rd round in Dubai back in 2019.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sabalenka 6-2
SabalenkaMertens
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
SabalenkaMertens
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SabalenkaMertens
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SabalenkaMertens
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SabalenkaMertens
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SabalenkaMertens
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SabalenkaMertens
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaMertens
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

The Belarussian in this set played much better tennis than the Belgian and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking the Belgian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

They played 40 points. Sabalenka was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than the Belgian (25-15). Sabalenka dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Elise conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).

2nd Set -
Sabalenka 6-3
SabalenkaMertens
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaMertens
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SabalenkaMertens
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SabalenkaMertens
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
40
SabalenkaMertens
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaMertens
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SabalenkaMertens
2
1
0
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SabalenkaMertens
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SabalenkaMertens
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Sabalenka didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set as Mertens managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Belarussian maintained her cool to break Elise in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

They contested 69 points. The Belarussian won 15 more points than the Belgian (42-27). Sabalenka dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). In addition, on the other side, Mertens conceded 21 points on serve (17-21).

1st
Sabalenka
Mertens
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Sabalenka
Mertens
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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