Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova upsets Mertens in the 4th round to play vs Muchova at the French Open. INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Pavlyuchenkova stuns Mertens to fight against Karolina Muchova in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Elise Mertens

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova surprises Elise Mertens 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Paris on Sunday. Pavlyuchenkova will clash against Karolina Muchova in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 9 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pavlyuchenkova
Paris
Pavlyuchenkova's Record

Pavlyuchenkova added to her prize money € 160,000 after conquering this match. She has already won € 400,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 230,000 to her earnings to get in total € 630,000 in total.

Pavlyuchenkova’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pavlyuchenkova
Mertens
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
3-6 7-63 6-3
3h:09
Elise Mertens
113
113
Total points
108
108
35
35
Winners
42
42
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
48
48
Unforced
30
30
62%
62%
Ratio Unforced
38%
38%
24/32
24/32
Net Approaches
10/16
10/16
75%
75%
Perc
63%
63%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
8
8
Double Faults
16
16
62%
62%
1st in
59%
59%
57%
57%
1st won
58%
58%
35/61
35/61
1st won
42/72
42/72
49%
49%
2nd won
41%
41%
18/37
18/37
2nd won
21/51
21/51
-- Break Points --
7/18
7/18
Total
6/17
6/17
39%
39%
Won
35%
35%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 113 points vs. the Belgian’s 108.

Pavlyuchenkova

The Russian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 39% (7/18) of the procured opportunities.

Mertens

On the other side, the Belgian had some problems converting her break points (only 35% – 6/17). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Pavlyuchenkova and Mertens is 2-1 for Anastasia.

Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Karolina Muchova – stats

Pavlyuchenkova will come up against Muchova in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Karolina Muchova square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in London back in 2021.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Pavlyuchenkova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more to do for the Belgian to win the set since the Russian managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Mertens kept her cool to break the Russian in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Elise was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Anastasia was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They played 57 points. Elise won 7 more points than Anastasia (32-25). Mertens dropped 13 points on serve (20-13). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

2nd Set -
Pavlyuchenkova 7-6
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
7
6
P
1
0
M
2
0
M
2
1
P
3
1
P
4
1
M
5
1
M
5
2
P
6
2
P
6
3
M
7
3
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
1
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40

Pavlyuchenkova had a great start in this set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Russian refused to bow to come back to break Mertens in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Tiebreak

Anastasia won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Mertens won a minibreak in the 9th (3-6) point.

The Russian won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

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

Pavlyuchenkova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Elise converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Anastasia won just 3 points more than the Belgian (43-40). Anastasia lost 20 points on serve (27-20). In addition, on the other side, Mertens conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).

3rd Set -
Pavlyuchenkova 6-3
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
4
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
3
0
0
15
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40
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A
40
40
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A
40
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A
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A
40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
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40
PavlyuchenkovaMertens
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
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30
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30
40
40
A
40

Pavlyuchenkova started the set strong after breaking Elise Mertens in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for Pavlyuchenkova to win the set because Elise found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Pavlyuchenkova kept her focus to break the Belgian in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Belgian lost the 5th game (4-1) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.

Pavlyuchenkova converted 33% of her break points (4/12). She had 12 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A), the 7th (5-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Mertens converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (0-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They played 81 points. Pavlyuchenkova won 7 more points than the Belgian (44-37). Pavlyuchenkova lost 14 points on serve (14-14). on the other side of the net, the Belgian conceded 30 points on serve (23-30).

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

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