Elise Mertens of the place for a second-round Australian Open: I had to redo in my bubble

Australian Open and The head is off for Elise Mertens (WTA 14) in the Australian Open. The semi-finalist of 2018 had against the firm Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (WTA 59) in the second set, coming back from a 2-5-deficit and two set points to eliminate before they with a 6-2, 7-5 for a second round against Lin Zhu (WTA 118) or Margarita Gasparyan (WTA 91) in the event that draw.

After a good first set, lost to Elise Mertens in a little too much forehandfouten and associated gefoeter but with the back against the wall, she showed her true face. Together stood there, in the topspeelster from the most impossible situations can return.

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With five games in a row, along the two Slovakian set point of saving, she went on and on Schmiedlova. “I am very happy that I made it in two sets, I was able to finish,” said Mertens. “The start was good: I was aggressive, played in the grounds and everything was a bit to my side. In the second set of pillowcases there are some flaws in my game and crept I little to much to the rear. But at 2-5, I have the back button is flipped and with less emotions played tennis. I had to redo in my bubble. And that worked out well.”