Elise Mertens makes light work of Lucia Bronzetti 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Linz on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to deal with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Mertens's Record

Elise added to her prize money € 9,837 after conquering this match. She has already won € 21,660 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add € 22,865 to her earnings to get in total € 44,525 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Lucia Bronzetti Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Bronzetti
6-1 6-3
1h:17
60
60
Total points
38
38
24
24
Winners
11
11
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
29%
29%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
58%
58%
1st in
53%
53%
77%
77%
1st won
46%
46%
24/31
24/31
1st won
11/24
11/24
50%
50%
2nd won
43%
43%
11/22
11/22
2nd won
9/21
9/21
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
Total
1/3
1/3
71%
71%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 60 points vs. the Italian’s 38.

Mertens

Mertens served pretty well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (11/22) on her second serve. Elise fired 10 aces and she committed 4 double faults. Mertens didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).

Bronzetti

On the other side, Lucia was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Bronzetti is 1-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Mertens will come up against Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Elise Mertens and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Pavlyuchenkova won 3-6 7-63 6-3 in the 4th round in Paris back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

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

Mertens started the set in the best possible way after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Belgian reinforced her lead after breaking Lucia in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Mertens failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Mertens won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Belgian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Elise didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Elise won 20 points more than the Italian (32-12). The Belgian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, Bronzetti conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).

2nd Set -
Mertens 6-3
MertensBronzetti
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MertensBronzetti
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MertensBronzetti
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
MertensBronzetti
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MertensBronzetti
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MertensBronzetti
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensBronzetti
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MertensBronzetti
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Elise won the set after she broke Bronzetti in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Bronzetti tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Elise kept the focus to win the set 6-3.

The Belgian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Lucia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 54 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Elise won just 2 more points than Bronzetti (28-26). Elise surrendered 14 points on serve (18-14). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

1st
Mertens
Bronzetti
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Mertens
Bronzetti
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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