Vincent Van GenechtenSource: BELGIAN
Mertens lost in the second round in three sets to Italian qualifier Jasmine Paolini (WTA 63): 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4 after 2 hours and 49 minutes. As the fourteenth seed, the Belgian number 1 was free in the first round.
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Mertens is not doing a good thing with a view to participating in the WTA Finals. And that was not to the liking of several ‘tennis fans’ on social media, who poured hatred towards the Belgian.
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In the next round, Paolini will face the winner of the American meeting between Jessica Pegula (WTA 24) and Sloane Stephens (WTA 73).
Kirsten Flipkens (WTA 132) and Kim Clijsters (WTA 1476) died on Thursday in the opening round in Indian Wells.
Mertens to second round doubles
Elise Mertens and Taiwanese Hsieh Su-Wei have qualified for the second round of the doubles at the prestigious WTA tournament in Indian Wells (hard) on Friday (8,150,470 dollars).
Mertens and Hsieh Su-Wei, second seed in the tournament, beat American Amanda Anisimova and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-1 in 49 minutes.
Kirsten Flipkens was unable to qualify for the second round of the doubles on Friday. On the side of the Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo, Flipkens lost 6-7, 6-3, 6-10 to the Japanese Makoto Ninomiya and the American Sabrina Santamaria.
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Gillé and Vliegen place themselves after thriller
Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen qualified for the second round (eighth finals) of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells on Friday (hard/8,359,455).
Gillé and Vliegen defeated the Spanish duo Roberto Bautista Agut/Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round 4-6, 6-3, 11-9.
In the second round, the Belgians face either the Chilean-Mexican tandem Cristian Garin/Santiago Gonzalez or the Croatian-Brazilian duo Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo.
