Anna Kalinskaya surprises Mertens in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Rybakina – ROME RESULTS

Anna Kalinskaya stuns Elise Mertens 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Rome on Friday. Kalinskaya will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Elena Rybakina in the 3^rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Rome

Kalinskaya's Record

The Russian added to her prize money € 10,048 after winning this match. She has already won € 22,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kalinskaya will add € 16,430 to her earnings to get in total € 39,130 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kalinskaya

Mertens

6-4 4-6 6-3
2h:33

97

97

Total points

94

94

38

38

Winners

39

39

39%

39%

Ratio Winners

41%

41%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

9

9

5

5

Double Faults

11

11

71%

71%

1st in

60%

60%

57%

57%

1st won

67%

67%

38/67

38/67

1st won

39/58

39/58

50%

50%

2nd won

32%

32%

14/28

14/28

2nd won

12/38

12/38

-- Break Points --

7/13

7/13

Total

5/11

5/11

54%

54%

Won

45%

45%

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At the end of the match, Anna scored 97 points vs. Elise’s 94.

Kalinskaya

Kalinskaya was effective at converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).

Mertens

On the other side, Mertens had a tough time converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Kalinskaya and Mertens is 2-0 for Anna.

Draw and next match H2H: Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Kalinskaya will take on Rybakina in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Anna Kalinskaya and Elena Rybakina play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kalinskaya (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kalinskaya won 7-5 4-6 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Madrid back in April 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Kalinskaya had a racing start in this set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the Russian to win the set as Mertens found the way to break back in the 6^th (2-4) game.

The Russian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 5^th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9^th (5-3 30-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Mertens was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6^th game (1-4 15-40).

They contested 75 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Mertens (41-34). The Russian surrendered 12 points on serve (18-12). In addition, on the other side, the Belgian conceded 23 points on serve (22-23).

Kalinskaya conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2^nd game (2-0). Mertens improved her lead after breaking the Russian in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set.

Elise failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.

The Belgian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Mertens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 64 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Kalinskaya (38-26). The Belgian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).

Kalinskaya was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Elise Mertens in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, the Russian managed to stage a great comeback to break Mertens 4 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) gamein the 9^th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Kalinskaya converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 5^th (2-2 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Mertens converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 54 points. Anna won 8 more points than Elise (31-23). The Russian surrendered 14 points on serve (13-14). on the other side of the court, Elise conceded 18 points on serve (9-18).

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