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WTA Monterrey, MexicoWomen's Singles · Semifinal · HardCompleted
Nikola Bartůňková
642
Elise Mertens2
166
1-6, 6-4, 6-2Estadio2h 16m

Keys to Victory

6
Opponent double faults
Bartůňková served 6 double faults to Mertens's 2.
On-air one-liner
Mertens overcame a first-set loss to take the semifinal after Bartůňková retired trailing 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.
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Game flow

BartůňkováMertens▼ break of serve
Set 129 min▾
▼1-02-02-13-1▼4-15-1▼6-1
6-1
Break
Bartůňková61530404040
Mertens10001530
Bartůňková5153030304040Ad
Mertens1001530304040
Break
Bartůňková41515153040
Mertens1015303030
Bartůňková3015303040
Mertens11515153030
Bartůňková20151515
Mertens115153040
Bartůňková21530404040
Mertens00001530
Break
Bartůňková10015153040Ad
Mertens015303040404040

Bartůňková broke for 1-0 and again for 4-1, then for 6-1 to seal it, with Mertens saving two of three break points in that final break.

Set 262 min▾
1-0▼2-03-03-1▼3-2▼4-2▼4-34-4▼4-54-6
4-6
Bartůňková4015303030
Mertens61515153040
Break
Bartůňková40015304040Ad40Ad4040
Mertens515303030304040404040Ad
Bartůňková41515303030
Mertens4015153040
Break
Bartůňková4151530404040Ad40Ad40Ad4040
Mertens301515153040404040404040Ad
Break
Bartůňková4153040404040Ad404040Ad
Mertens20001530404040Ad4040
Break
Bartůňková300015
Mertens215304040
Bartůňková3001515
Mertens115303040
Bartůňková30015153040Ad
Mertens015303040404040
Break
Bartůňková215153040
Mertens00151515
Bartůňková1153040
Mertens0000

Mertens broke for 2-3, 5-4 and held for 6-4, rallying from 0-3 down, while Bartůňková saved two of two break points in a hold for 3-0 but could not sustain it.

Set 346 min▾
1-01-1▼1-21-32-32-4▼2-52-6
2-6
Bartůňková215151515
Mertens60153040
Break
Bartůňková2153030404040Ad40404040
Mertens500151530404040Ad40Ad
Bartůňková215151515
Mertens40153040
Bartůňková20153040
Mertens315151515
Bartůňková115151515
Mertens30153040
Break
Bartůňková10151515
Mertens215153040
Bartůňková1000153040Ad40404040
Mertens11530404040404040Ad40Ad
Bartůňková1153040
Mertens0000

Mertens broke for 2-1 and again for 5-2 in an 8 minute deuce game, then held for 6-2, with Bartůňková saving one of two break points in that penultimate break.

Match Stats

BartůňkováMertens
7
Aces
3
6
Double faults
2
47%
1st serve in
63%
76%
1st serve pts won
56%
5/12 (42%)
Break points won
5/9 (56%)
7/12 (58%)
Service games won
8/13 (62%)
5/13 (38%)
Return games won
5/12 (42%)
38/86 (44%)
Return points won
41/89 (46%)
86
Total points won
89
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.