Elise Mertens victorious over Tatjana Maria 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Singapore on Thursday. Mertens will face off with Maria Camila Osorio Serrano in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The Belgian added to her prize money $ 2,655 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, Mertens will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Tatjana Maria Singapore Open – Singapore
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mertens scored 98 points vs. Maria’s 76.
Mertens
The Belgian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (34/44) behind her first serve, and she won 61% points (19/31) on her second serve. Elise was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).
Maria
On the other side, Maria was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Maria is 2-0 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano – stats
Mertens will square off with Camila Osorio Serrano in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 6-3 7-63 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Mertens came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Maria to win the set because Elise succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game.
Maria was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They contested 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tatjana won this set even if she scored less points 3 than Mertens (36-39). Tatjana conceded 13 points on serve (28-13). On the losing side, Elise conceded 8 points on serve (26-8).
Mertens clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd
(1-2) game, Elise broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to win the set 6-3.An important stage of this set was when Mertens won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Mertens converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Tatjana was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd
game (1-1 0-40).They contested 63 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Tatjana (36-27). The Belgian dropped 7 points on serve (12-7). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 24 points on serve (20-24).
Mertens had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Tatjana Maria in the 2nd game (2-0). Elise improved her lead after breaking the German in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Maria was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Mertens converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Tatjana wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 36 points. Elise conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Tatjana (24-12). Mertens was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (13-4). In addition, on the other side, Maria conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
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