Elise Mertens thumps Iryna Shymanovich 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Monastir on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to play Mai Hontama in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Mertens won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Iryna Shymanovich Jasmin Open Tunisia – Monastir
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, Mertens scored 58 points vs. the Belarussian’s 43.
Mertens
Elise served extremely well to win 85% of the points (17/20) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (11/20) on her second serve. The Belgian was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Shymanovich
On the other side, Shymanovich was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mertens and Shymanovich is 1-0 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama – stats
Mertens will fight against Hontama in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Mai Hontama since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Mertens enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Iryna Shymanovich in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Elise managed to stage a great comeback to break the Belarussian 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Elise failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
The Belarussian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Belgian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Iryna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (2-1 0-40).
They contested 60 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Belarussian (34-26). Elise dropped 9 points on serve (16-9). On the losing side, Iryna conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
The Belgian in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Iryna and finally she won 6-2 after breaking the Belarussian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Elise converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Mertens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. Mertens was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Belarussian (24-17). Elise was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Shymanovich conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Tennis Scores in Monastir
- Mai HontamaHontama – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Sara ErraniErrani (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Iryna ShymanovichShymanovich (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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