Elise Mertens brushes past Lulu Sun 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Cristina Bucsa in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

New York
Mertens's Record

Mertens added to her prize money $ 83,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 237,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Mertens will add $ 163,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 400,000 in total.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Lulu Sun U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mertens
Sun
6-2 6-3
1h:20
64
64
Total points
49
49
25
25
Winners
18
18
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
15
15
Unforced
26
26
37%
37%
Ratio Unforced
63%
63%
3/7
3/7
Net Approaches
13/21
13/21
43%
43%
Perc
62%
62%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
64%
64%
1st in
53%
53%
71%
71%
1st won
58%
58%
25/35
25/35
1st won
18/31
18/31
50%
50%
2nd won
41%
41%
10/20
10/20
2nd won
11/27
11/27
188
188
Fastest serve
180
180
164
164
AVG 1st Serve
163
163
133
133
AVG 2nd Serve
136
136
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
1/5
1/5
56%
56%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Elise scored 64 points vs. Sun’s 49.

Mertens

Elise was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).

Sun

On the other side, Sun was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Mertens and Sun is 1-0 for Elise.

Draw and next match H2H: Elise Mertens vs. Cristina Bucsa – stats

Mertens will compete against Bucsa in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Cristina Bucsa square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Bucsa (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Mertens won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Doha back in February 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Mertens 6-2
MertensSun
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MertensSun
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MertensSun
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MertensSun
4
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MertensSun
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MertensSun
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensSun
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MertensSun
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Mertens was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Lulu Sun in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, there was more to do for Mertens to win the set because Sun found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Mertens maintained her cool to break the Kiwi in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

There was an important spell in this set when Mertens won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Elise converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Sun converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They played 62 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than LuluAnke (35-27). The Belgian surrendered 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the net, Sun conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

2nd Set -
Mertens 6-3
MertensSun
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MertensSun
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MertensSun
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
MertensSun
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MertensSun
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensSun
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensSun
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MertensSun
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MertensSun
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40

Mertens had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Lulu Sun in the 1st

game (1-0). Elise extended her lead after breaking LuluAnke in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.

Elise converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Elise didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than LuluAnke (29-22). The Belgian surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, LuluAnke conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

1st
Mertens
Sun
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Mertens
Sun
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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