By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday June 14, 2025
Elise Mertens has engineered a grass-court miracle to succeed in the ultimate at ‘S-Hertognenbosch.
The Belgian saved 11 match factors to defeat Ekaterina Alexandrova on Saturday, 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4.
All 11 match factors that Alexandrova had vs Mertens at this time pic.twitter.com/HEMcNF7KsY
— Owen (@kostekcanu) June 14, 2025
Mertens saved 5 match factors whereas serving at 4-5, then one other 5 whereas serving at 5-6, She then saved her eleventh match level within the tiebreak earlier than happening to win the competition in a decider. She’s going to play both qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse or Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
The 11 match factors saved is regarded as probably the most ever saved in an WTA Tour match, although that isn’t an official WTA document. Wang Xinyu of China saved ten final 12 months in a first-round win in Madrid over Viktoriya Tomova. 11 match factors saved equals the ATP document – Adriano Panatta saved 11 in beating Kim Warwick in Rome in 1976.
THE GREAT ESCAPE 😱Elise Mertens completes a spectacular comeback win vs Alexandrova saving ELEVEN match factors to succeed in the #LibemaOpen ultimate! pic.twitter.com/kc8g0rc3Cq
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) June 14, 2025
11 match factors saved! 🤯 Very completely satisfied to be within the finals 🌱🤩 @LibemaOpen #nevergiveup pic.twitter.com/S38ZxxrQmi
— Elise Mertens (@elise_mertens) June 14, 2025
