Elise Mertens motors past Viktoriya Tomova 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Monday after playing a terrific match to play Maria Sakkari or Anouk Koevermans in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Belgian added to her prize money € 1,039 after winning this match. She has already won € 3,624 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elise will add € 2,301 to her earnings to get in total € 5,925 in total.
Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Viktoriya Tomova Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mertens scored 57 points vs. Viktoriya’s 37.
Mertens
The Belgian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).
Tomova
On the other side, Tomova was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Tomova is 2-0 for Elise.
Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Maria Sakkari or Anouk Koevermans – stats
Mertens will compete against either Maria Sakkari or Anouk Koevermans in the 2nd round. The head to head is 4-6 vs. Maria Sakkari and 0-0 vs. Anouk Koevermans.
Live score progression and stats
Mertens won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Elise broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Mertens failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
Tomova had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4
to 6-4.Elise converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Tomova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 62 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Viktoriya (35-27
). Mertens lost 13 points on serve (20-13). On the other side, Viktoriya conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).Viktoriya was broken 3 times and the Belgian won the set 6-0.
The Belgian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Elise didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 32 points. Mertens conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Tomova (22-10). Mertens was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (8-3). On the losing side, Tomova conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Elise MertensMertens – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-4 6-0)
- Lulu SunSun – Anouck Vrancken PeetersVrancken Peeters (6-1 6-3)
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-3)
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-1)
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Arianne HartonoHartono (7-611 7-5)
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