Elise Mertens (No. 30 ranking) will meet Liudmila Samsonova (No. 57) in the Round of 32 of the Citi Open on Monday, August 1.
Mertens was last in action on July 25, 2022 at the Livesport Prague Open 2021, where she fell to Magda Linette (3-6, 6-2, 2-6) in the Round of 32. Samsonova is coming off a two-set loss in her most recent match on June 19, 2022 in the Round of 32 at the Bad Homburg Open presented by Engel & Voelkers to Kamilla Rakhimova (6-7, 4-6).
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Elise Mertens vs. Liudmila Samsonova: Live Stream Info & TV Channel
Tournament: Citi Open
Round: Round of 32
Date: Monday, August 1
TV Channel: MSG
Live Stream: fuboTV
Court Surface: Hard
Elise Mertens vs. Liudmila Samsonova Matchup Stats
Mertens is 9-8 on hard courts in 2022.
Mertens has a 65.6% winning percentage in service games on hard courts, and a 38.1% winning percentage in return games (122 of 186 service games, and 74 of 194 return games).
On hard courts, Mertens is 73-for-150 on break points (48.7%) which ranks 139th.
Mertens was beaten in the round of 32 of her previous tournament (the Livesport Prague Open 2021) 3-6, 6-2, 2-6 by No. 68-ranked Linette on July 25.
Samsonova is 6-7 in seven tournaments on hard courts so far this year.
On hard courts, Samsonova has won 21.9% of her return games and 78.0% of her service games.
Samsonova is 211th in break points won on hard courts, converting 26 of 70 (37.1%).
In her most recent tournament (the Bad Homburg Open presented by Engel & Voelkers) on June 19, Samsonova went up against Rakhimova in the round of 32 and was eliminated 6-7, 4-6.
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