TENNIS SCORES. Elise Mertens conquers Petkovic in the 3rd round in New York

Elise Mertens bests Andrea Petkovic 6-3 6-3 in the 3^rd round in New York on Saturday. Mertens will play Kristie Ahn in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Mertens commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Petkovic in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Elise to win the set since Petkovic managed to break back in the 4^th (1-3) game. Mertens maintained her cool to break Petkovic in the 9^th (6-3) game.

2^nd set.

Mertens started the set in the best possible way after breaking Petkovic in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for Mertens to win the set because Andrea found the way to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The Belgian maintained her cool to break the German in the 4^th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Mertens scored 59 points vs. Petkovic’s 43 points.

Elise was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, Petkovic had a tough time in converting her break points as she converted only 40% of her break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Mertens and Petkovic is 2-0 for Elise.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs. Andrea Petkovic U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Elise Mertens vs. Kristie Ahn – stats

Mertens will face Ahn in the 4^th round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Elise Mertens and Kristie Ahn play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Ahn (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Ahn won 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in San Jose back in August 2019.

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