Superlative Elise Mertens outpaces Tomljanovic in the 2nd round to battle vs Keys. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens demolishes Tomljanovic to take on Madison Keys in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

Elise Mertens annihilates Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday after playing a great match to square off with Madison Keys in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
New York
Mertens's Record

Mertens added to her prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add $ 110,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Ajla Tomljanovic U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Tomljanovic
Elise Mertens
6-3 6-2
1h:36
Ajla Tomljanovic
69
69
Total points
49
49
31
31
Winners
17
17
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
21
21
Unforced
29
29
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
4/6
4/6
Net Approaches
8/12
8/12
67%
67%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
3
3
7
7
Double Faults
10
10
61%
61%
1st in
44%
44%
84%
84%
1st won
68%
68%
31/37
31/37
1st won
17/25
17/25
46%
46%
2nd won
41%
41%
11/24
11/24
2nd won
13/32
13/32
181
181
Fastest serve
168
168
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
153
153
140
140
AVG 2nd Serve
143
143
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
0/3
0/3
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Mertens scored 69 points vs. Ajla’s 49.

Mertens

The Belgian served extremely well to win 84% of the points (31/37) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 46% points (11/24) on her second serve. The Belgian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Tomljanovic

On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Tomljanovic is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Madison Keys – stats

Mertens will fight against Keys in the 3rd round.

This will be the 5th time that Elise Mertens and Madison Keys square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Keys (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Mertens won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2023.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Mertens clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

The Belgian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Ajla wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They contested 60 points. Elise won 10 more points than the Australian (35-25). The Belgian conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

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

Mertens had a great start in this set after breaking Ajla Tomljanovic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Belgian improved her lead after breaking Ajla in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Belgian was unable to break Ajla in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Mertens won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Belgian converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tomljanovic was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 58 points. Mertens won 10 points more than Ajla (34-24). Elise dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Ajla conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

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

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