the Belgian elise mertensfourth seed, defeated the Italian 6-2 this Friday in doubles Elisabetta Cocciarettoeighth favorite, to qualify for the semifinals of Monterey is opena WTA 250 tournament played on a hard court.
In just one hour and 19 minutes, Mertens did not lose her serve in any game against her rival and boasted seven aces to eliminate Cocciaretto, tennis player 49 in the WTA.
Mertensracket 42 in the world, will face this Saturday in the semifinals the favorite to win the tournament taking place in the north of Mexico, the French Caroline Garciawho previously defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif, seventh seed, 6-0, 6-4.
In the first set, Elise Mertens was solid, winning 53.3 percent of the points on her second serve and after saving her serve three times and breaking the Italian’s serve twice, the Belgian won at 6-2 in the first set. .
cocciaretto He was competitive for moments against the Belgian, but he was doomed when he failed at the right moments.
The Italian was unable to recover from the first set blow and Mertens came out mentally grown to win 100 percent of his first serve points and destroy his rival, winning the second set 6-2.
Earlier, the Chinese lin zhufifth favorite, dispatched 6-3, 6-2 to American Caroline Dolehide and the Croatian Donna Vekicthird favorite, defeated Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2, 5-7 and 7-6 (5).
Zhu and Vekic will meet this Saturday in the other semifinal of the tournament which will be held at Club Sonoma and share a prize pool of $259,303.
Source: La Verdad
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