Elena Rybakina prevails over Elise Mertens 6-4 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami on Monday. Rybakina will face off with Martina Trevisan in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Kazakhstani added to her prize money $ 87,510 after winning this match. She has already won $ 184,465 after this win. If she wins the next match, Rybakina will add $ 168,170 to her earnings to get in total $ 352,635 in total.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Elise Mertens Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 83 points vs. the Belgian’s 68.
Rybakina
Elena served extremely well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 36% points (12/33) on her second serve. Rybakina struck 10 aces and she committed 3 double faults. The Kazakhstani won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Mertens
On the other side, Mertens had some problems converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Mertens is 3-1 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Martina Trevisan – stats
Rybakina will face Trevisan in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Martina Trevisan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Elena broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
The Belgian was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Rybakina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Belgian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 72 points. Rybakina won 10 points more than the Belgian (41-31). The Kazakhstani conceded 14 points on serve (26-14). On the other side, the Belgian conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Rybakina conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Elena to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Rybakina converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 79 points. The Kazakhstani was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Mertens (42-37). Elena surrendered 17 points on serve (26-17). On the other side, the Belgian conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (7-60 0-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H details and stats