Elise Mertens overcomes Petra Martic 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami on Saturday. Mertens will play against Elena Rybakina in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This run will match her best result in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Elise added to her prize money $ 41,185 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 96,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add $ 87,510 to her earnings to get in total $ 184,465 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mertens scored 73 points vs. Petra’s 62.
Mertens
Elise served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind her first serve. However she won only 32% points (12/37) on her second serve. Elise was pretty good at converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Martic
On the other side, Martic had some problems converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Martic is 4-0 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Mertens will face Rybakina in the 4th round.
This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Elena Rybakina play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Elise conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Martic was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Belgian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 8th (4-4 0-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). On the other side, Martic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They contested 66 points. Mertens was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Petra (36-30). Elise lost 14 points on serve (24-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Mertens conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Petra Martic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Elise to win the set since Martic succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Mertens maintained her cool to break Petra in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Mertens converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, Petra converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They contested 69 points. Elise won 5 more points than the Croatian (37-32). Elise lost 22 points on serve (22-22). In addition, on the other side, Petra conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
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