Bianca Vanessa Andreescu overcomes Elise Mertens 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday. Andreescu will seek to keep on going in this event against Belinda Bencic in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Belgian conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Andreescu was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Andreescu to win the set since Elise succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Bianca Vanessa maintained her cool to break Elise in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Elise lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
3rd set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Canadian conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 86 points vs. Elise’s 75 points.
Andreescu served extremely well to win 75% of the points (36/48) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (15/30) on her second serve. Andreescu won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 25% (4/16). On the other side, Elise was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 33% of her break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Andreescu and Mertens is 1-0 for Bianca Vanessa.
Highlights Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Elise Mertens U.S. Open – New York
Andreescu’s Interview
Next Match: Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Belinda Bencic – stats
Andreescu will face Bencic in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Belinda Bencic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores at the US Open
- Belinda BencicBencic – Donna VekicVekic (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Johanna KontaKonta (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Qiang WangWang (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Belinda BencicBencic – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – See H2H details
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Serena WilliamsWilliams (1-4) – See H2H details
