Elina Svitolina surprises Mertens in the 2nd round to clash vs Kenin at Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Svitolina surprises Mertens to fight against Sofia Kenin in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Elise Mertens

Elina Svitolina stuns Elise Mertens 6-1 1-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in London on Thursday. Svitolina will face off with Sofia Kenin in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Svitolina
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Svitolina's Record

Elina added to her prize money £ 46,000 after winning this match. She has already won £ 131,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elina will add £ 76,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 207,000 in total.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Elise Mertens Wimbledon – London

Svitolina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina
Mertens
Elina Svitolina
6-1 1-6 6-1
1h:23
Elise Mertens
67
67
Total points
51
51
31
31
Winners
19
19
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
20
20
Unforced
26
26
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
10/13
10/13
Net Approaches
8/11
8/11
77%
77%
Perc
73%
73%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
64%
64%
1st in
52%
52%
74%
74%
1st won
70%
70%
31/42
31/42
1st won
19/27
19/27
54%
54%
2nd won
40%
40%
13/24
13/24
2nd won
10/25
10/25
173
173
Fastest serve
183
183
159
159
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
132
132
AVG 2nd Serve
141
141
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
2/2
2/2
80%
80%
Won
100%
100%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 67 points vs. Mertens’s 51.

Svitolina

Svitolina was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).

Mertens

On the other side, the Belgian was great in converting all her break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Mertens is 4-2 for Elina.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Sofia Kenin – stats

Svitolina will compete against Kenin in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Svitolina won 7-5 7-610 in the R in Shenzhen back in 2019.

Elina Svitolina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The Ukrainian was too good to concede only 1 game before breaking Mertens 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

Mertens was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Ukrainian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Svitolina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. Svitolina was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than Mertens (28-11). The Ukrainian lost 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 10 points on serve (5-10).

2nd Set -
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Svitolina conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Elise extended her lead after breaking Svitolina in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Elise won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Elise was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Mertens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 40 points. Elise won 16 more points than Elina (28-12). Mertens was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

3rd Set -
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Svitolina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Ukrainian extended her lead after breaking Mertens in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

The Ukrainian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Svitolina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. Svitolina won 15 more points than Mertens (27-12). The Ukrainian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, the Belgian conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).

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

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