H2H: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Elise Mertens (Belgium) - comparison. Sabalenka will start off as the clear favorite. As opponents, they have met five times with the Belarusian winning the last two clashes, at 2019 Zhuhai and 2020 Dubai, to take a 3-2 lead in the head-to-head. It will be their second battle in a ...
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H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova v Elise Mertens - comparison. The pair's only previous official encounter came in the first round of 's-Hertogenbosch in the 2019 grass-court season. Alexandrova won that match, 6-4, 6-2, and went on to reach the quarterfinals. The Russian, who has won three 125K titles on indoor hard ...
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H2H: Veronika Kudermetova v Elise Mertens - comparison. Mertens has come on top in all four of her previous meetings with Kudermetova. The first two came on the junior tour, prevailing at ITF Junior Open Linz and Eddie Herr Championship in 2012. The professional clashes came at $25K Moscow in 2016, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, and ...
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H2H: Vera Zvonareva v Elise Mertens - comparison. Zvonareva is a decorated player in Linz. In the five times she played this tournament during 2003-08, the Russian reached the quarterfinals four times and made it as far as the final in 2008 (l. Ivanovic). She had never met Mertens in a singles match before but they ...
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Preview and players comparison. Mertens got the better of a 17-year-old Anisimova in the second round of 2019 Indian Wells, winning 6-4, 6-2 in an hour and 19 minutes. At that time, the American was just months into her top 100 debut and yet to lift a WTA title. Despite myriad improvements in her game, Anisimova ...
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Preview and players comparison. Before their doubles partnership, they clashed against each other three times in the singles court in the 2018 season. Mertens won the final of Lugano, 7-5, 6-2, and third round of Montreal, 2-6, 7-6, 6-0 (saved a match point), while Sabalenka prevailed on Eastbourne's grass, 7-5, 2-6, ...
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Preview and players comparison. The pair met four times in the ITF circuit during the 2014 season, with Mertens claiming three of those encounters. However, it is Sakkari who has won both of their tour-level meetings, prevailing in the qualifyings of 2016 Australian Open qualifyings in three sets and quarterfinal of ...
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Preview and players comparison. It is the pair's first meeting in a professional singles setting. Previously, Ostapenko prevailed in a juniors match back in 2012 at a Belgian clay-court tournament, while Mertens defeated the Latvian in doubles in Miami and Roland Garros this season. The top seed, unsurprisingly, ...
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Preview and players comparison. When the pair met each other a couple of times in 2016, both were ranked outside the top 100. Voegele won at $50k Andrezieux Boutheon in straight sets before retiring to the Belgian in the qualifyings of Luxembourg, 6-0, 3-0, in 37 minutes. Exactly three years ago, Mertens should take ...
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