Elise Mertens defeats Birrell in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Keys – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens defeats Birrell to square off with Madison Keys in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Elise Mertens prevails over Kimberly Birrell 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Saturday. Mertens will face Madison Keys in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Indian Wells
Mertens's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Birrell
Elise Mertens
6-4 7-5
1h:39
Kimberly Birrell
71
71
Total points
62
62
31
31
Winners
22
22
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
59%
59%
1st in
61%
61%
76%
76%
1st won
56%
56%
31/41
31/41
1st won
22/39
22/39
46%
46%
2nd won
60%
60%
13/28
13/28
2nd won
15/25
15/25
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
2/6
2/6
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 71 points vs. Kimberly’s 62.

Mertens

Mertens served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (31/41) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 46% points (13/28) on her second serve. Mertens struck 10 aces and she committed 7 double faults. The Belgian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).

Birrell

On the other side, Birrell was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Birrell is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Madison Keys – stats

Mertens will take on Keys in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Elise Mertens and Madison Keys clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Keys (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mertens won 6-75 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2024.

Elise Mertens Draw info

1st
Mertens
Birrell
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Mertens
Birrell
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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  • Sonay KartalKartal – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-2 6-1)
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  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Iva JovicJovic (7-63 1-6 6-3)
  • Belinda BencicBencic – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 6-73 6-1)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-4 7-5)
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