Elise Mertens downs Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 0-6 6-2 in the quarter in Hobart on Thursday. Mertens will face off with Maya Joint in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. The Belgian won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Veronika Kudermetova Hobart International – Hobart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:04
At the end of the match, Elise scored 77 points vs. Kudermetova’s 71.
Mertens
Mertens won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Kudermetova
On the other side, the Russian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (4/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Kudermetova is 6-2 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Maya Joint – stats
Mertens will fight against Joint in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Maya Joint since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Elise was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Russian 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Veronika was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Belgian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Mertens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Veronika (31-21). The Belgian lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
This set was completely one-sided as the Russian conceded no games to Mertens before winning the set 6-0.
Veronika failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 40.
The Russian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1–6 40-A).
They contested 45 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Belgian (27-18). Veronika lost 11 points on serve (14-11). In addition, on the other side, the Belgian conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Mertens was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Belgian to win the set as Veronika managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Elise kept her focus to break Veronika in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Elise converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Veronika converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 51 points. Mertens was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Russian (28-23). Elise surrendered 11 points on serve (16-11). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Tennis Scores in Hobart
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (w/o)
- Maya JointJoint – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-1)
- Elise MertensMertens – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 0-6 6-2)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
