Cristina Bucsa shocks Mertens in the 3rd round to set up a clash vs Sabalenka at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Cristina Bucsa shocks Elise Mertens 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the 3^rd round in New York on Friday. Bucsa will clash against Aryna Sabalenka in the 4^th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Bucsa added to her prize money $ 163,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 400,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bucsa will add $ 260,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 660,000 in total.

Highlights Cristina Bucsa vs. Elise Mertens U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Bucsa scored 103 points vs. Mertens’s 99.

Bucsa

Bucsa won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.

Mertens

On the other side, the Belgian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Bucsa and Mertens is 2-1 for Cristina.

Draw and next match H2H: Cristina Bucsa vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Bucsa will face Sabalenka in the 4^th round.

There is no head to head record between Cristina Bucsa and Aryna Sabalenka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Bucsa commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Elise Mertens in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Elise to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Mertens was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4^th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Elise didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 57 points. Mertens was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Spaniard (35-22). Mertens was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the net, Cristina conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).

The Spaniard clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Cristina broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th game to win the set 7-5.

The Spaniard converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7

break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 0-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Belgian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 87 points. Bucsa won 7 points more than the Belgian (47-40). Cristina surrendered 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the net, Elise conceded 23 points on serve (27-23

).

Bucsa conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Elise Mertens in the 1^st game (1-0). However, Bucsa found the way to come back to break Elise in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Bucsa converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-2 30-40), the 4^th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Belgian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 58 points. Cristina conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Belgian (34-24). The Spaniard lost 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Elise conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-6⁴ 6-1)
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-3 7-6²)
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (7-5 6-2)
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Emma NavarroNavarro (4-6 6-4 6-4)
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 7-5 6-3)
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-1 7-5)
• Ann LiLi – Priscilla HonHon (7-5 6-3)
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-1 6-2)

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