Elise Mertens victorious over Collins in the 2nd round to collide vs Gauff. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens topples Collins to play Cori Gauff in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Danielle Rose Collins

Elise Mertens topples Danielle Rose Collins 3-6 7-6(7) 6-1 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Mertens will fight against Cori Gauff in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
New York
Mertens's Record

Elise added to her prize money $ 68,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 191,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add $ 93,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 284,000 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Danielle Rose Collins U.S. Open – New York

Mertens’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Collins
104
104
Total points
103
103
36
36
Winners
39
39
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
28
28
Unforced
49
49
36%
36%
Ratio Unforced
64%
64%
12/18
12/18
Net Approaches
12/23
12/23
67%
67%
Perc
52%
52%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
60%
60%
1st in
49%
49%
68%
68%
1st won
67%
67%
36/53
36/53
1st won
39/58
39/58
49%
49%
2nd won
48%
48%
17/35
17/35
2nd won
29/61
29/61
185
185
Fastest serve
178
178
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
160
160
141
141
AVG 2nd Serve
134
134
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
3/12
3/12
38%
38%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 104 points vs. Danielle’s 103.

Mertens

Mertens won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Collins

On the other side, Collins wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 25%3/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Collins is 2-3 for Danielle.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Mertens will face Gauff in the 3rd round.

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

The last time that they competed against each other, Gauff won 6-4 6-0 in the 4th round in Paris back in 2022.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Danielle grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The American lost a big opportunity to break the Belgian in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Collins conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Mertens conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).

2nd Set -
Mertens 7-6
MertensCollins
7
6
M
1
0
C
2
0
C
2
1
M
2
2
M
3
2
C
4
2
C
4
3
M
5
3
M
5
4
C
5
5
C
5
6
M
6
6
M
6
7
C
7
7
C
8
7
M
9
7
MertensCollins
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensCollins
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MertensCollins
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MertensCollins
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MertensCollins
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MertensCollins
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MertensCollins
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensCollins
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
MertensCollins
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MertensCollins
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensCollins
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MertensCollins
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Mertens had a strong start of this set after breaking Danielle Rose Collins in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Belgian managed to stage a great comeback to break Collins in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.

Tiebreak

The Belgian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Collins won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (4-5) and 13th (7-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

Elise converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). Mertens saved 2 set points when she was 5-6 and 6-7 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Collins converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 109 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mertens won just 3 points more than Danielle (56-53). The Belgian dropped 18 points on serve (25-18). On the other side, Danielle conceded 31 points on serve (35-31).

3rd Set -
Mertens 6-1
MertensCollins
6
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MertensCollins
5
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensCollins
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MertensCollins
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MertensCollins
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensCollins
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensCollins
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

Mertens won the set after she broke Collins 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Danielle was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.

The Belgian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Collins was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 46 points. The Belgian won 10 points more than Danielle (28-18). Mertens surrendered 7 points on serve (13-7). In addition, on the other side, Collins conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

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

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