Elise Mertens clobbers Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Monterrey on Friday after playing a great match to deal with Caroline Garcia in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 63 points vs. Cocciaretto’s 43.
Mertens
Elise served extremely well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (14/27) on her second serve. Elise won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Cocciaretto
On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Cocciaretto is 1-0 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Caroline Garcia – stats
Mertens will face Garcia in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Elise Mertens and Caroline Garcia clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Garcia (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Garcia won 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Elise in this set was too strong for Elisabetta and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Belgian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
Elise converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 60 points. The Belgian won 8 points more than the Italian (34-26). Mertens surrendered 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Elisabetta conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Mertens conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for the Belgian to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Elise lost a big opportunity to break Elisabetta in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Belgian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 46 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than the Italian (29-17). Mertens conceded 6 points on serve (19-6). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Mayar SherifSherif (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-2 5-7 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elise MertensMertens (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Lin ZhuZhu (1-0) – H2H details and stats