Mayar Sherif wins against Mertens in the 4th round to clash vs Sabalenka at the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

Mayar Sherif hustles Elise Mertens 6-4 0-6 6-4 in the 4^th round in Madrid on Monday. Sherif is going to play against Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Madrid

Sherif's Record

Mayar added to her prize money € 76,625 after winning this match. She has already won € 161,525 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sherif will add € 147,265 to her earnings to get in total € 308,790 in total.

Highlights Mayar Sherif vs. Elise Mertens Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sherif

Mertens

6-4 0-6 6-4
2h:53

95

95

Total points

98

98

41

41

Winners

31

31

43%

43%

Ratio Winners

32%

32%

-- Serve --

0

0

Aces

1

1

2

2

Double Faults

5

5

72%

72%

1st in

63%

63%

52%

52%

1st won

58%

58%

41/79

41/79

1st won

31/53

31/53

33%

33%

2nd won

29%

29%

10/30

10/30

2nd won

9/31

9/31

-- Break Points --

7/12

7/12

Total

8/17

8/17

58%

58%

Won

47%

47%

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Sherif won this match even if she scored less points than the Belgian (95 vs. 98).

Sherif

The Egyptian was pretty focused in converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).

Mertens

On the other side, Elise was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 47% – 8/17). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sherif and Mertens is 1-0 for Mayar.

Draw and next match H2H: Mayar Sherif vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Sherif will take on Sabalenka in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Mayar Sherif and Aryna Sabalenka since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Sherif had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Mayar refused to bow to come back to break the Belgian 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2), in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

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

Mertens had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Egyptian converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 15-40), the 4^th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 0-40). In addition on the other side, Mertens converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 40-A and 40-A), the 9^th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11^th game (3-6 30-40).

They contested 85 points. The Egyptian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Belgian (45-40). Sherif surrendered 30 points on serve (26-30). On the other side, the Belgian conceded 19 points on serve (10-19).

This set was a no-contest because Mertens conceded no games to Mayar before winning the set 6-0.

Elise was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (2-0 30-40) and the 4^th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Mayar wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1^st game (0-0 40-A).

They contested 40 points. Mertens was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Sherif (25-15). Mertens dropped 9 points on serve (16-9). On the losing side, the Egyptian conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).

The Egyptian won the set after she broke Mertens 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Elise tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, the Egyptian didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.

Mayar converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Elise converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 5^th (1-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 64 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mayar won just 2 more points than Elise (33-31). Sherif surrendered 18 points on serve (18-18). On the other side, the Belgian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).

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