Elise Mertens beats Osorio Serrano at the 2nd round to clash vs Pegula – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens dispatches Osorio Serrano to take on Jessica Pegula in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano

Elise Mertens overcomes Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Mertens will have to play Jessica Pegula in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2018 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Paris
Mertens's Record

The Belgian added to her prize money € 45,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 142,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add € 98,000 to her earnings to get in total € 240,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Serrano
Elise Mertens
6-3 7-63
2h:03
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
80
80
Total points
67
67
24
24
Winners
19
19
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
28%
28%
24
24
Unforced
33
33
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
18/28
18/28
Net Approaches
10/14
10/14
64%
64%
Perc
71%
71%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
6
6
Double Faults
8
8
47%
47%
1st in
56%
56%
62%
62%
1st won
53%
53%
24/39
24/39
1st won
19/36
19/36
45%
45%
2nd won
32%
32%
20/44
20/44
2nd won
9/28
9/28
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
Total
5/14
5/14
58%
58%
Won
36%
36%
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At the end of the match, Mertens scored 80 points vs. Osorio Serrano’s 67.

Mertens

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

Osorio Serrano

On the other side, Osorio Serrano was struggling when converting her break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Mertens and Osorio Serrano is 2-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Mertens will fight against Pegula in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 5-7 7-5 6-0 in the quarter in Dubai back in 2021.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Mertens 6-3
MertensSerrano
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensSerrano
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MertensSerrano
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MertensSerrano
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MertensSerrano
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensSerrano
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MertensSerrano
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensSerrano
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MertensSerrano
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Mertens conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Camila Osorio Serrano in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Belgian to win the set as Maria Camila found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (2-4) game. Elise kept her focus to break Maria Camila in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Belgian converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Colombian converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 59 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Osorio Serrano (35-24). The Belgian conceded 17 points on serve (18-17). On the losing side, Maria Camila conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).

2nd Set -
Mertens 7-6
MertensSerrano
7
6
M
1
0
S
2
0
S
2
1
M
3
1
M
3
2
S
3
3
S
4
3
M
5
3
M
6
3
S
7
3
MertensSerrano
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MertensSerrano
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MertensSerrano
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MertensSerrano
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MertensSerrano
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MertensSerrano
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
MertensSerrano
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MertensSerrano
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MertensSerrano
1
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MertensSerrano
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MertensSerrano
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
MertensSerrano
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Mertens had a racing start in this set after breaking Maria Camila Osorio Serrano in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Elise succeeded in coming back to break the Colombian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Tiebreak

Mertens won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (4-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Maria Camila won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

The Belgian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, Osorio Serrano converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mertens won just 2 more points than Maria Camila (45-43). Elise conceded 22 points on serve (27-22). on the other side of the net, Osorio Serrano conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).

1st
Mertens
Serrano
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Mertens
Serrano
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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