In what could turn out to be an exciting match-up, the world number 32 Elise Mertens will face the 34th-ranked Danielle Collins in the second round of the 2023 US Open on Wednesday, August 30. Get the predictions and odds of this Elise Mertens v Danielle Collins match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Elise Mertens v Danielle Collins Head to Head
There have been four previous meetings between these two players and Collins leads 3-2. Mertens’ only win came on grass while Collins has won every single time they faced off in a hardcourt competition.
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Mertens Scrapes Past Bjorklund
Despite starting out a 2/5 favourite to win her opener against Mirjam Bjorklund, Mertens had a rather sticky first round match before she was able to come through.
The world number 32 saved three break-points at 0-40, 4-5 in the final set before winning it in a tie-breaker to seal her second round spot.
With form clearly not Mertens’ ally at the moment, she was forced to dig deep and come back from being a set down to scrape through to a win. Mertens won 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) to better her performance at the 2022 US Open.
Having come into this tournament on the back of four defeats from her previous five WTA matches, Mertens will now hope to shrug off her poor showing from the opener in which she was broken five times and hit 49 unforced errors.
She is a 17/10 underdog here with bet365.
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Collins Rips Past Fruhvirtova
Linda Fruhvirtova is a much-talked about youngster but a lot of her successes have come till the previous season. This year hasn’t been her best and Collins took full toll of that as she grabbed an easy opening win over Fruhvirtova.
Collins was on the court for a mere 53 minutes in which she dropped just two games to march into round two of the tournament.
Having fallen to 34th in the world after being ranked seventh quite recently, Collins looks to have regained her touch in recent times and that was on display as recently as the Canadian Open recently.
She was forced to make it through the qualifiers there before winning three in a row to enter the quarterfinals. That included wins over Leylah Fernadez, Maria Sakkari and Elina Svitolina before Iga Swiatek ended her journey.
Here, Collins won 6-2, 6-0 to set up a meeting with Mertens as she starts off a 1/2 favourite (with bet365) to win it.
Mertens v Collins Prediction and Tip
While Mertens is ahead on the rankings the difference in their respective forms and rhythm is stark. Backing Collins to win this.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Collins to win: 1/2 (with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 21.5 games in the match: 10/11 (with bet365)
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