Elise Mertens downs Zarazua in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Kudermetova at the Hobart International. HIGHLIGHTS – HOBART RESULTS

Elise Mertens dispatches Renata Zarazua 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Hobart on Wednesday. Mertens will seek to keep on going in this event against Veronika Kudermetova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. The Belgian won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Renata Zarazua Hobart International – Hobart

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Elise scored 67 points vs. Renata’s 52.

Mertens

Mertens was well focused in converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13).

Zarazua

On the other side, Zarazua was well focused in converting 63% of the break points that she procured points (5/8). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats

Mertens will square off with Kudermetova in the quarter.

This will be the 8^th time that Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova face off. The head to head is 5-2 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Mertens won 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in New York back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Mertens enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Renata Zarazua in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Elise succeeded in coming back to break Zarazua 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (5-1) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Belgian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Belgian won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Belgian converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 0-40), the 6^th (4-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Zarazua converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (1-5 0-40), the 9^th (3-5 30-40) and the 11^th game (3-6 15-40).

They played 66 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Mexican (35-31). The Belgian conceded 18 points on serve (14-18

). In addition, on the other side, Zarazua conceded 21 points on serve (13-21).

The Belgian won the set after she broke Zarazua in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. Zarazua tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, Elise kept the situation under control to win the set 6-3.

Mertens converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, Renata converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4^th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 53 points. The Belgian won 11 more points than Renata (32-21). The Belgian conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Zarazua conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

Tennis Scores in Hobart

• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-2)
• Sofia KeninKenin – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 3-6 6-2)
• Mccartney KesslerKessler – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-2 6-2)
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Anna BondarBondar (6-3 6-4)
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Ann LiLi (1-6 7-5 6-2)
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-4 6-1)
• Elise MertensMertens – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-4 6-3)
• Maya JointJoint – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 6-1)

Upcoming matches

• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Sofia KeninKenin – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (2-4) – H2H details and stats