Elise Mertens dispatches Daria Saville 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Hobart on Friday. Mertens will play Emma Navarro or Yue Yuan in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes. Mertens won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Mertens added to her prize money $ 9,220 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 20,830 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add $ 14,420 to her earnings to get in total $ 35,250 in total.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Daria Saville Hobart International – Hobart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:58
Elise won this contest even if she won the same amount of points of Daria (100 vs. 100).
Mertens
Mertens won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Gavrilova
On the other side, Daria wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Mertens and Gavrilova is 5-2 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Emma Navarro or Yue Yuan – stats
Mertens will fight against either Emma Navarro or Yue Yuan in the final. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Emma Navarro and 0-1 vs. Yue Yuan.
Live score progression and stats
The Belgian won the set after she broke Gavrilova in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Daria tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Elise didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.
The Belgian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Gavrilova converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 82 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Belgian won this set even if she scored less points 2 than the Australian (40-42). Elise conceded 18 points on serve (26-18). On the other side, Gavrilova conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Gavrilova clinched in the 10th game (6-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Gavrilova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Daria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Daria was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Elise (29-24). The Australian dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Elise won the set after she broke Gavrilova in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Gavrilova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, Mertens didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-5.
Elise was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Daria converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 65 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Daria (36-29). The Belgian surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, Gavrilova conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Tennis Scores in Hobart
- Elise MertensMertens – Daria SavilleSaville (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yue YuanYuan – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
