Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova obliterates Elise Mertens 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Linz on Friday after playing an extraordinary match to square off with Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. Pavlyuchenkova won this tournament once in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
Pavlyuchenkova added to her prize money € 22,865 after conquering this match. She has already won € 44,525 as of now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 31,700 to her earnings to get in total € 76,225.
Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Elise Mertens Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:13
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 58 points vs. the Belgian’s 38.
Pavlyuchenkova
Pavlyuchenkova was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Mertens
On the other side, Elise was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Pavlyuchenkova and Mertens is 3-1 for Anastasia.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats
Pavlyuchenkova will fight against Ostapenko in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Jelena Ostapenko play each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but Pavlyuchenkova leads 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Ostapenko won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Pavlyuchenkova snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Elise wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They contested 58 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Elise (31-27). Anastasia surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, Mertens conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Pavlyuchenkova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Pavlyuchenkova was not done to come back to break Elise 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Belgian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2 to 6-2.
The Russian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Elise was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 38 points. The Russian won 16 more points than Elise (27-11). The Russian dropped 8 points on serve (15-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Mertens conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Clara BurelBurel (6-0 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (5-1) – H2H details and stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
