Fantastic Elise Mertens claims the title in MOnastir. HIGHLIGHTS – MONASTIR RESULTS

Elise Mertens rolls over Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-0 in the final in Monastir on Sunday after playing a good match to win her 8^th career title, the 1^st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. This is the twice won this tournament that the Belgian wins the tournament. Here you can see when her history at this event.

Monastir

Mertens's Record

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Jasmine Paolini Jasmin Open Tunisia – Monastir

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens

Paolini

6-3 6-0
1h:10

57

57

Total points

34

34

21

21

Winners

16

16

37%

37%

Ratio Winners

47%

47%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

0

0

3

3

Double Faults

0

0

65%

65%

1st in

83%

83%

75%

75%

1st won

40%

40%

21/28

21/28

1st won

16/40

16/40

47%

47%

2nd won

38%

38%

7/15

7/15

2nd won

3/8

3/8

-- Break Points --

6/12

6/12

Total

1/7

1/7

50%

50%

Won

14%

14%

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At the end of the match, Mertens scored 57 points vs. the Italian’s 34.

Mertens

Elise served very well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 47% points (7/15) on her second serve. The Belgian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12).

Paolini

On the other side, Paolini was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Mertens and Paolini is 4-1 for Elise.

This was the 8^th career title for Mertens. (see list of titles and finals). Paolini 2^nd remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Portoroz 2021. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Elise won the set after she broke Jasmine 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, the Belgian didn’t blink to win the set 6-3.

Mertens failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.

Jasmine had no answers 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 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Italian converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4^th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10^th game (2-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 60 points. Mertens won 10 points more than the Italian (35-25). The Belgian lost 13 points on serve (20-13). on the other side of the net, Paolini conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).

The Italian was repeatedly broken and the Belgian won the set 6-0.

Mertens converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4^th (3-0 15-40) and the 6^th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 31 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Paolini (22-9). Elise was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (8-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).