Elise Mertens topples Keys in the 3rd round to collide vs Sabalenka. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens beats Keys to play Aryna Sabalenka in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Madison Keys

Elise Mertens bests Madison Keys 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Mertens will play Aryna Sabalenka in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 54 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 $ 110,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Mertens will add $ 205,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Madison Keys U.S. Open – New York

Mertens’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Keys
Elise Mertens
6-75 7-5 6-4
2h:54
Madison Keys
124
124
Total points
110
110
45
45
Winners
57
57
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
43
43
Unforced
69
69
38%
38%
Ratio Unforced
62%
62%
13/19
13/19
Net Approaches
19/30
19/30
68%
68%
Perc
63%
63%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
7
7
10
10
Double Faults
8
8
51%
51%
1st in
76%
76%
80%
80%
1st won
61%
61%
45/56
45/56
1st won
57/94
57/94
46%
46%
2nd won
43%
43%
25/54
25/54
2nd won
13/30
13/30
180
180
Fastest serve
180
180
159
159
AVG 1st Serve
159
159
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
117
117
-- Break Points --
5/16
5/16
Total
3/10
3/10
31%
31%
Won
30%
30%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 124 points vs. Keys’s 110.

Mertens

The Belgian served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (45/56) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 46% points (25/54) on her second serve. Mertens won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.

Keys

On the other side, Madison had some problems converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Mertens and Keys is 2-3 for Madison.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Mertens will compete against Sabalenka in the 4th round.

This will be the 10th time that Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 7-2 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in 2023.

Elise Mertens Draw info

1st
Mertens
Keys
6-7
6
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Mertens
Keys
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Mertens
Keys
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

  • Donna VekicVekic – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-5 6-4)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-6 6-3 6-3)
  • Yafan WangWang – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 3-6 6-1)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-6 6-1 6-2)
  • Paula BadosaBadosa – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (4-6 6-1 7-68)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-2 6-1)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Madison KeysKeys (6-75 7-5 6-4)
  • Emma NavarroNavarro – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 4-6 6-3)

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