Elise Mertens gets by Gracheva in the 2nd round to play vs Zheng – CHARLESTON RESULTS

CREDIT ONE CHARLESTON OPEN - CHARLESTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Mertens gets by Gracheva to compete against Qinwen Zheng in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Elise Mertens defeats Varvara Gracheva 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Charleston on Wednesday. Mertens will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Qinwen Zheng in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Mertens
Charleston
Mertens's Record

Mertens added to her prize money $ 4,925 after winning this match. She has already won $ 12,900 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belgian will add $ 12,650 to her earnings to get in total $ 25,550 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Gracheva
Elise Mertens
6-3 7-5
1h:56
Varvara Gracheva
85
85
Total points
68
68
26
26
Winners
21
21
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
52%
52%
1st in
47%
47%
67%
67%
1st won
57%
57%
26/39
26/39
1st won
21/37
21/37
50%
50%
2nd won
39%
39%
18/36
18/36
2nd won
16/41
16/41
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
Total
3/11
3/11
40%
40%
Won
27%
27%
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At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 85 points vs. Gracheva’s 68.

Mertens

Elise won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, the French player was battling in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Gracheva is 3-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Mertens will square off with Zheng in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Elise Mertens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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MertensGracheva
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0
0
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Mertens won the set after she broke Gracheva 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Gracheva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Notwithstanding, Mertens didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.

Elise failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.

The Belgian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). In addition on the other side, Varvara converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 73 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Gracheva (44-29). Elise surrendered 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the court, Varvara conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Mertens won the set after she broke Varvara 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Varvara tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, Mertens didn’t blink to win the set 7-5.

The Belgian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

An important stage of this set was when the Belgian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1. Notwithstanding also Varvara won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5

Mertens converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the French player converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (1-5 30-40), the 8th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belgian won just 2 points more than Gracheva (41-39). Mertens lost 16 points on serve (19-16). on the other side of the court, Varvara conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).

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

Tennis Scores in Charleston

  • Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-1 6-4)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-3 7-5)
  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-1 6-4)
  • Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Shuai ZhangZhang (7-65 6-1)
  • Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Louisa ChiricoChirico (7-5 6-2)
  • Sofia KeninKenin – Belinda BencicBencic (6-0 6-3)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-1)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Ann LiLi (6-3 6-0)
  • Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-3 7-64)
  • Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-2)
  • Emma NavarroNavarro – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-4 6-3)
  • Jessica PegulaPegula – Iryna ShymanovichShymanovich (6-0 6-3)
  • Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 6-1)
  • Madison KeysKeys – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 7-64)
  • Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (6-3 6-1)
  • Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-2)

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