Elise Mertens surprises Kasatkina in the 2nd round battle vs Martic in the next round – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens stuns Kasatkina to face Petra Martic in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Daria Kasatkina

Elise Mertens stuns Daria Kasatkina 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami on Thursday. Mertens will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Petra Martic in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Miami
Mertens's Record

Mertens added to her prize money $ 24,885 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Kasatkina
Elise Mertens
4-6 6-2 6-2
2h:06
Daria Kasatkina
86
86
Total points
70
70
33
33
Winners
35
35
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
58%
58%
1st in
76%
76%
73%
73%
1st won
58%
58%
33/45
33/45
1st won
35/60
35/60
50%
50%
2nd won
37%
37%
16/32
16/32
2nd won
7/19
7/19
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
3/7
3/7
75%
75%
Won
43%
43%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 86 points vs. Darya’s 70.

Mertens

The Belgian was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (6/8).

Kasatkina

On the other side, Kasatkina was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Kasatkina is 2-4 for Darya.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic – stats

Mertens will fight against Martic in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Petra Martic clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg back in 2022.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Elise was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 47 points vs. Martic’s 30 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kasatkina 6-4
KasatkinaMertens
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
KasatkinaMertens
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KasatkinaMertens
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
KasatkinaMertens
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KasatkinaMertens
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KasatkinaMertens
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KasatkinaMertens
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
KasatkinaMertens
1
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KasatkinaMertens
0
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
KasatkinaMertens
0
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
KasatkinaMertens
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Mertens had a strong start of this set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Darya found the way to come back to break Elise 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Darya failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.

Kasatkina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Mertens was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (3-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).

They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Darya won just 3 points more than the Belgian (41-38). The Russian conceded 22 points on serve (21-22). on the other side of the court, Elise conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).

2nd Set -
Mertens 6-2
MertensKasatkina
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MertensKasatkina
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensKasatkina
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MertensKasatkina
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensKasatkina
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensKasatkina
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensKasatkina
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MertensKasatkina
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Mertens had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was sufficient for Elise to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

The Russian was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Mertens was flawless in converting all her break points in the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Mertens was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Kasatkina (28-16). The Belgian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Darya conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

3rd Set -
Mertens 6-2
MertensKasatkina
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensKasatkina
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensKasatkina
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensKasatkina
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensKasatkina
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MertensKasatkina
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensKasatkina
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

Mertens had a racing start in this set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was crucial for Elise to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

The Belgian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Elise didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 33 points. Elise was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Russian (20-13). The Belgian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 4 points on serve (9-4).

1st
Mertens
Kasatkina
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Mertens
Kasatkina
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
3rd
Mertens
Kasatkina
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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