No. 13 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium will meet Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in the second round of the 2023 Guadalajara Open on Tuesday, September 19. Get the predictions and odds of this Elise Mertens v Leylah Fernandez match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Elise Mertens v Leylah Fernandez Head to Head
Mertens won their only meeting at the Australian Open in 2021.
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Mertens Knocks Out Wickmayer
World no. 29 Elise Mertens of Belgium knocked out compatriot Yanina Wickmayer to make a winning start at the Guadalajara Open on Monday.
Mertens came back from 3-5 down in the first set to take it in the tiebreak. She, however, dominated the second set from the start to win the one hour and 49 minute contest 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.
Mertens served 8 aces in the match. She couldn’t save any of the three break points that she faced but converted 5 of 11 to oust the world no. 70.
Mertens has not made too many deep runs this season, reaching just one singles semifinal and that was in Monterrey. Other than that she has not even reached a quarterfinal, but has done well in the initial rounds of the Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the fourth round of the French Open and the third rounds of the Australian and the US Open.
Thanks to those performances he has managed to stay in the top 30. She briefly fell out of the top 40, but is back in the top 30.
Can she build on the solid start and reach the third round of the tournament?
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Fernandez Breezes Past Muhammad
World no. 74 Leylah Fernandez breezed past Asia Muhammad in the first round on Monday.
The 21-year-old Canadian was in command from start to finish. She did not face a single break point in the match but broke the American twice in each set to complete a 6-1, 6-3 shellacking in just 67 minutes.
Fernandez won 60% of total points in the match and 93% of points on the back of her first serve.
The win ended a three-match losing streak for the Canadian, who is now 27-21 across levels this year.
A two-time tour level champion and a US Open finalist in 2021, the left-hander has been inconsistent this year as a result she has just two tour level quarterfinal finishes this year.
Can she go deep in Guadalajara?
Mertens v Fernandez Prediction and Tip
This could go either way as both have had similar sort of journey this season. However, Mertens has produced better results in big tournaments and that should boost her confidence. Fernandez has not gone beyond the second round in the majors and the third rounds in the WTA 1000 tournaments. So there will be a bit of pressure on the Canadian. Expect Mertens to edge through.
Tips:
- Moderate Risk Tip: Mertens to win: 5/6 (with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 23.5 games in the match: 4/6 (with bet365)
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