Superlative Petra Martic powers past Stephens in the 1st round to play vs Navarro at the Merida Open Akron. HIGHLIGHTS – MERIDA RESULTS

MERIDA OPEN AKRON - MERIDA DRAW AND RESULTS. Martic extinguishes Stephens to come up against Emma Navarro in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Petra Martic rolls over Sloane Stephens 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Merida on Tuesday after playing an extraordinary match to face off with Emma Navarro in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.

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Martic's Record

Petra added to her prize money $ 4,400 after winning this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Martic will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.

Highlights Petra Martic vs. Sloane Stephens Merida Open Akron – Merida

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Martic
Stephens
Petra Martic
6-2 6-3
1h:27
Sloane Stephens
67
67
Total points
51
51
23
23
Winners
16
16
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
64%
64%
1st in
55%
55%
64%
64%
1st won
47%
47%
23/36
23/36
1st won
16/34
16/34
25%
25%
2nd won
25%
25%
5/20
5/20
2nd won
7/28
7/28
-- Break Points --
8/12
8/12
Total
4/8
4/8
67%
67%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 67 points vs. the American’s 51.

Martic

Petra was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (8/12).

Stephens

On the other side, Stephens didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Martic and Stephens is 1-3 for Sloane.

Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Emma Navarro – stats

Martic will fight against Navarro in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Petra Martic and Emma Navarro fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Martic and Navarro (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Navarro won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Auckland back in 2024.

Petra Martic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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0
0
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Martic had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Martic to win the set as Stephens found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (2-2) game. Martic maintained her focus to break Sloane in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Sloane was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Martic converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40). Also, on the other side, Sloane converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 67 points. Petra was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Stephens (39-28). The Croatian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 26 points on serve (13-26).

2nd Set -
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The Croatian won the set after she broke Stephens 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Notwithstanding, Petra didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.

Sloane was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Croatian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 51 points. Petra was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Sloane (28-23). Petra dropped 13 points on serve (15-13). on the other side of the court, Sloane conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

1st
Martic
Stephens
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Martic
Stephens
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Merida

  • Petra MarticMartic – Sloane StephensStephens (6-2 6-3)
  • Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Lulu SunSun (6-3 6-1)
  • Francesca JonesJones – Mayar SherifSherif (6-4 3-0 ret.)
  • Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-5 6-2)
  • Magda LinetteLinette – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-0)
  • Daria SavilleSaville – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 7-66)
  • Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Magdalena FrechFrech (4-6 6-3 6-3)
  • Emiliana ArangoArango – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-2 6-3)
  • Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (6-4 1-6 6-1)
  • Maya JointJoint – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-3 6-2)
  • Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Renata JamrichovaJamrichova (7-5 5-7 7-5)

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