2023-06-02 11:25:41
Elise Mertens fits perfectly into the meeting, very aggressive. She wins her serve and continues with that of her opponent.
With very good intentions since the start of the match Elise confirms her break and does even better by achieving the double break. Pegula is suffocating and really can’t develop her own game. Elise is causing serious problems for the third player in the world! Elise really plays it all the way. And so quickly leads 5-0.
The American player stops the bleeding by winning her first game of the match which makes it 5-1. This does not prevent Elise from pocketing the set 6-1 in less than half an hour of play.
The second set continues in the same vein. The Belgian breaks her opponent. But this time Pegula reacts directly and counterbreaks. Elise is going through a slightly more complicated little pass, hoping that this episode will be as brief as possible. Pegula continues and leads in this set, for the first time in the match: 2-1But Elise doesn’t panic, lets the storm pass and then plays a solid game once more to come back to 2-2.
When the Belgian keeps her aggressiveness, she really puts the third player in the world in difficulty. From 2-3 30-0 in favor of Elise, we go to 30-40, break point for Pegula. But Elise keeps calm and ends up picking up at 3-3. Even better, Elise takes the lead 4-3, serve to follow. After an extended game and a combination of break points and advantages, Elise ended up winning her game to make it 5-3. And then 6-3. In 1h22 of play, Elise Mertens beats Jessica Pegula and offers herself a new round of 16 at Roland-Garros.
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