Elise Mertens outpaces Ann Li 6-1 6-4 in the final in Singapore on Sunday after playing a solid match to win her 9th career title, the 1st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Mertens added $ 14,816 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 36,300 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Ann Li Singapore Open – Singapore
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Elise scored 65 points vs. the American’s 45.
Mertens
Mertens was sharp when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Li
On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Mertens and Li is 1-0 for Elise.
This was the 9th career title for Mertens. (see list of titles and finals). Li 1st remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Tenerife 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Mertens was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Ann Li in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Belgian reinforced her lead after breaking the American in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Elise failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Belgian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st
set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.The Belgian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Li was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th
game (0-6 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 47 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 17 points more than Li (32-15). The Belgian surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, Ann conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Mertens had a racing start in this set after breaking Ann Li in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Mertens to win the set as Ann found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Mertens kept her cool to break the American in the 10th (6-4) game.
The Belgian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Ann converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belgian won just 3 points more than Li (33-30). Elise conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). In addition, on the other side, Li conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).