Great Elise Mertens brushes past Hontama in the 1st round to collide vs Birrell. HIGHLIGHTS – OSAKA RESULTS

JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - OSAKA DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens soars past Hontama to compete against Kimberly Birrell in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Elise Mertens powers past Mai Hontama 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Osaka on Tuesday after playing an impressive match to face off with Kimberly Birrell in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 1 minute. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
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Mertens's Record

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Hontama
Elise Mertens
6-1 6-1
1h:01
Mai Hontama
55
55
Total points
25
25
19
19
Winners
15
15
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
60%
60%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
61%
61%
1st in
62%
62%
95%
95%
1st won
52%
52%
19/20
19/20
1st won
15/29
15/29
69%
69%
2nd won
28%
28%
9/13
9/13
2nd won
5/18
5/18
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 55 points vs. Hontama’s 25.

Mertens

Elise served pretty well to win 95% of the points (19/20) behind her first serve, and she won 69% points (9/13) on her second serve. Elise was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).

Hontama

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

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Hontama is 2-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Kimberly Birrell – stats

Mertens will play Birrell in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Mertens had a strong start of this set after breaking Mai Hontama in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Mertens reinforced her lead after breaking Hontama in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of this set was when Mertens won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Mertens converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the Japanese (28-15). Mertens was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

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

Mertens won the set after she broke Hontama 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

The Japanese couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

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

They contested 37 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 17 more points than the Japanese (27-10). Mertens was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Mai conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).

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

Tennis Scores in Osaka

  • Greetje MinnenMinnen – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-3 6-0)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Mai HontamaHontama (6-1 6-1)
  • Diane ParryParry – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (4-6 7-64 6-1)
  • Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Saisai ZhengZheng (6-2 6-3)
  • Eva LysLys – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-3)
  • Harriet DartDart – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (3-6 7-5 7-5)
  • Sara SaitoSaito – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-3 6-2)
  • Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (7-66 2-6 6-3)
  • Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-61 6-3)
  • Ana BogdanBogdan – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-2)
  • Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4)
  • Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Jessika PonchetPonchet (6-4 5-7 7-63)
  • Suzan LamensLamens – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-2)
  • Aoi ItoIto – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 3-6 7-5)
  • Mccartney KesslerKessler – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (6-4 6-1)
  • Clara TausonTauson – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-1 6-4)

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