Elise Mertens blitzes Arantxa Rus 7-5 6-0 in the quarter in Hobart on Thursday after playing an impressive match to square off with Daria Saville in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. The Belgian won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Elise added to her prize money $ 5,002 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,610 as of now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Mertens will add $ 9,220 to her earnings to get in total $ 20,830.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Arantxa Rus Hobart International – Hobart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:37
At the end of the match, Mertens scored 70 points vs. the Dutch’s 53.
Mertens
Mertens won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Rus
On the other side, Arantxa 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 match, the head to head between Mertens and Rus is 3-0 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Daria Saville – stats
Mertens will face Saville in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Elise Mertens and Daria Saville fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Mertens won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Hong Kong back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Mertens conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Arantxa Rus in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Elise to win the set as Rus managed to break back in the 10th (5-5) game. Elise maintained her focus to break the Dutch in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Elise converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 11th (5-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Rus converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 83 points. Mertens was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Dutch (44-39). Mertens lost 14 points on serve (25-14). In addition, on the other side, Rus conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
Rus was repeatedly broken and Elise won the set 6-0.
The Belgian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Arantxa was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (0-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 40 points. Elise was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than the Dutch (26-14). Mertens dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the net, Rus conceded 9 points on serve (5-9).
Tennis Scores in Hobart
- Elise MertensMertens – Arantxa RusRus (7-5 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Daria SavilleSaville – Lin ZhuZhu (3-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elise MertensMertens – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yue YuanYuan – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
