Probably the best player of the moment in the women’s circuit, Canadian Bianca Andreescu, will meet in the quarterfinals of this edition of US Open on Belgian Elise Mertens, who manages a very solid tournament so far.
The two players have not met so far in the circuit, and this will be the first direct confrontation between the two players.
Bianca Andreescu is at the best performance of her career at a Grand Slam tournament. He reached the quarterfinals at the US Open, where he will face Elise Mertens. The Canadian-born Canadian passed in the eighths of Taylor Townsend, the player who produced the surprise in front of Simona Halep and then eliminated Sorana Cîrstea. Americanca did not get the surprise before Andreescu: he lost in three sets, score 1-6, 6-4, 2-6.Currently in the 15th WTA, Bianca Andreescu will most certainly enter the top 10, regardless of what she will do in the match with Mertens. If he wins the tournament, he will beat Halep and become the 4th player in the world. His form is enviable: he has won 10 consecutive victories, having won his title at the Rogers Cup and passed four laps at Flushing Meadows. Elise Mertens has never met in the circuit before.
Elise Mertens is also playing for the first time in the quarterfinals at the US Open. The 23-year-old Belgian player reached the Australian Open semifinals last year, where she lost to champion Caroline Wozniacki. Mertens has not given up any set so far in the US Grand Slam, and in the last match, Kristie Ahn defeated 6-1, 6-1.In 2019, Elise Mertens won the title in Doha, plus two other doubles trophies at Indian Wells and Miami. Last year, the Belgian player reached the top US Open, where she was defeated by Sloane Stephens.
The first two semi-finalists at the US Open are already known: Elina Svitolina (3rd place in the WTA Live standings) and Serena Williams (8th place). This will be one of the semifinals. The other will be established after the last two matches in “quarters”: Belinda Bencic (9) – Donna Vekic (21) and Bianca Andreescu (10) – Elise Mertens (24).It is an excellent corridor to the final for the Canadian of Romanian origin Bianca Andreescu. If he defeats Mertens, he will play in the semifinals with Bencic or Vekic. Simona Halep should have advanced on this aisle, if she had not had the accident in round 2, against a player outside the Top 100 (Taylor Townsend).Biancai’s opponent, Belgian Elise Mertens, is the lowest ranked among the 6 tennis players remaining in the competition. She was also 12th in the world earlier this year, when Bianca Andreescu was outside the Top 100.
Bianca Andreescu comes after 11 consecutive victories: one at Roland Garros (where she retired after the first lap due to an injury), 6 at Toronto (where she won the trophy) and 4 at the US Open. At the age of 19, the Canadian of Romanian origin showed a disarming maturity even in the previous match, when he kept the control of the Danish Caroline Wozniacki.
* Round 4: 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 with Taylor Townsend (USA, 116)
* Round 3: 6-4, 6-4 with Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark, 19)
* Round 2: 6-3, 7-3 with Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium, 110)
* Tour 1: 6-2, 6-4 with Katie Volynets (USA, 413)
Elise Mertens was categorically defeated in Round 2 in the last two tournaments before the US Open: Toronto (6-3, 6-3 for Serena Williams) and Cincinnati (6-4, 6-1 for Elina Svitolina).
Mertens is the recipient of an incredibly easy corridor, after being “cleansed” from his path, by much lower ranked players, tennis players such as Garbine Muguruza, Sloane Stephens and Svetlana Kuznețova (in round 1), Petra Kvitova (in round 2) ) and Jelena Ostapenko (in round 3) – all five Grand Slam tournament winners!
* Round 4: 6-1, 6-1 with Kristie Ahn (US, 141)
* Round 3: 6-3, 6-3 with Andrea Petkovic (Germany, 88)
* Round 2: 6-2, 6-2 with Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic, 86)
* Round 1: 6-2, 6-2 with Jil Teichmann (Switzerland, 60)
It is their first direct confrontation.
Unlike Bianca Andreescu, who has lost only one set so far at this US Open, Elise Mertens had a perfect journey, with no set lost. However, she had a much easier aisle, meeting players only from the 60th place down. Interestingly, he defeated all with identical scores in the two sets (6-1, 6-1 / 6-2, 6-2 / 6-3, 6-3). The Belgian is in good shape, he has an unexpected chance to advance to the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament, but the same opportunity motivates Bianca Andreescu. However, the Romanian-Canadian is stronger and has a more complete game. Normally, Mertens won’t be hindered.
Prediction Today: Bianca Andreescu
Odds: 1.54
Bianca Andreescu is one of the best tennis players in the world, comes after the title at the Canadian Open and here she can take her first grand slam, although with a Serena in top form is hard to believe. Anyway Bianca is feeling good and should enter the semifinals. His service is good but Andreescu generally does not send many aces, having 1 here with Volynets, 6 with Flipkens, 2 with Wozniacki and 5 with Townsend. Elise Mertens is better in this area of the game, and even though she had very short matches here, she has 3 aces with Teichmann, 5 with Pliskova, 7 with Petkovic and 2 with Ahn.
Bet Tips: Elise Mertens sends more aces
Odds: 1.55
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