Mirjam Bjorklund stuns Elise Mertens 6-1 4-6 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Bogota on Tuesday. Bjorklund will face Tamara Zidansek in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Elise Mertens Copa Colsanitas – Bogota
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:43
At the end of the match, the Swede scored 107 points vs. Elise’s 94.
Bjorklund
Bjorklund didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Mertens
On the other side, Elise was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Bjorklund and Mertens is 1-0 for Mirjam.
Draw and next match H2H: Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Tamara Zidansek – stats
Bjorklund will compete against Zidansek in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Mirjam Bjorklund and Tamara Zidansek clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bjorklund (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bjorklund won 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Miami back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Bjorklund had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Mirjam extended her lead after breaking the Belgian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of this set was when Mirjam won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Bjorklund was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40). On the other side, Elise wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (0-4 30-40).
They contested 51 points. The Swede was the one to win the set after conquering 19 points more than Elise (35-16). Mirjam conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). In addition, on the other side, the Belgian conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
Bjorklund started the set strong after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Elise to win the set because Bjorklund managed to break back in the 7th (4-3) game. Elise maintained her focus to break Mirjam in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Mertens failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Mirjam was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Belgian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Swede was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 63 points. Elise was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Swede (37-26). Mertens lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the Swede conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).
Bjorklund clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Bjorklund broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-3.
Tiebreak
Mirjam won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Elise won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
The Swede won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The Swede converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 8th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Elise converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 87 points. Mirjam was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Elise (46-41). Bjorklund surrendered 17 points on serve (32-17). on the other side of the net, Elise conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
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