Iga Swiatek prevails over Mertens in the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Svitolina at the Miami Open – MIAMI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Swiatek tops Mertens to play Elina Svitolina in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Iga Swiatek hustles Elise Mertens 7-6(2) 6-1 in the 3rd round in Miami on Sunday. Swiatek is going to play against Elina Svitolina in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Swiatek won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Swiatek's Record

Swiatek added to her prize money $ 42,825 after winning this match. She has already won $ 103,225 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 85,850 to her earnings to get in total $ 189,075 in total.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Elise Mertens Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Swiatek
Mertens
Iga Swiatek
7-62 6-1
1h:48
Elise Mertens
78
78
Total points
63
63
33
33
Winners
25
25
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
56%
56%
72%
72%
1st won
64%
64%
33/46
33/46
1st won
25/39
25/39
44%
44%
2nd won
35%
35%
11/25
11/25
2nd won
11/31
11/31
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
2/6
2/6
83%
83%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 78 points vs. Elise’s 63.

Swiatek

Iga was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).

Mertens

On the other side, Mertens wasn’t that great 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 Swiatek and Mertens is 2-0 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Elina Svitolina – stats

Swiatek will play Svitolina in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Elina Svitolina face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Swiatek won 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Dubai back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Swiatek started the set strong after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Iga to win the set as Elise managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Pole maintained her cool to break Mertens in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (7-6).

They contested 95 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Pole won just 3 points more than Mertens (49-46). Iga conceded 25 points on serve (32-25). on the other side of the court, Elise conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

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Swiatek overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Swiatek extended her lead after breaking the Belgian in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

The Pole converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Mertens wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (0-3 30-40).

They contested 47 points. The Pole was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Elise (28-19). The Pole conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the court, Mertens conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).

1st
Swiatek
Mertens
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
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2nd
Swiatek
Mertens
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
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Tennis Scores in Miami

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  • Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-2 3-6 6-2)
  • Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 6-1)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elise MertensMertens (7-62 6-1)
  • Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-73 6-2 7-62)
  • Alexandra EalaEala – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-2)
  • Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-1 7-5)
  • Naomi OsakaOsaka – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (7-66 3-6 6-4)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-1 ret.)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 6-4)
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Ons JabeurJabeur (4-3 ret.)
  • Magda LinetteLinette – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-5 6-4)
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