Elise Mertens Wins Thrilling Match Against Madison Keys in Cincinnati

Belgium’s Elise Mertens won in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) what was one of the clashes of the first round of the women’s tournament in Cincinnati tonight against American Madison Keys, head serial number 15.

Mertens, ranked 29th in the WTA, will face Marie Bouzkova in the second round of the Ohio tournament.

The other posters of the 32nd finals in Cincinnati (WTA 1000, hard, 2,788,468 USD, results are displayed from newest to oldest):

• Linda Noskova (Q) – Liudmila Samsonova : 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Sorana Cirstea – Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-0, 6-2
• Donna Vekic – Jennifer Brady : 7-6 [5]7-5
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) – Belinda Bencic (N.13) : 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Danielle Collins (WC) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova : 6-3, 6-1
• Ann Li (Q) – Magda Linette : 0-6, 7-6 [5]6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (N.10) – Katerina Siniakova : 7-5, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova – Beatriz Haddad Maia (N.12) : 6-7 [3]6-1, 6-4
• Marie Bouzkova – Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-2, 6-2
• Petra Martic – Emma Navarro (Q): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng – Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Mayar Sherif – Xiyu Wang (Q): 7-6 [3]4-6, 7-6 [5]
• Victoria Azarenka – Barbora Krejcikova (N.11) : 6-3, 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva (LL) – Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (N.14) – Peyton Stearns (WC) : 6-2, 6-1
• Martina Trevisan (Q) – Bernarda Pera : 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Petra Kvitova (N.9) – Anna Blinkova: 7-6 [2]6-0
• Jelena Ostapenko – Karolina Pliskova: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Anhelina Kalinina – Lin Zhu : 6-3, 7-5
• Venus Williams (WC) – Veronika Kudermetova (N.16) : 6-4, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova – Celine Naef (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Jasmine Paolini (Q) – Marta Kostyuk : 6-2, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens – Elisabetta Cocciaretto : 7-5, 6-2