Elise Mertens def. Clervie Ngounoue — Round of 64, Cincinnati Open 2025
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Cincinnati Open 2025
WTA 1000HardCincinnati, USA
Played9 Aug 2025
Rounds
🇧🇪ranked WTA number 22 going into this drawWon
Elise Mertens seeded 19 3 7 7
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Clervie Ngounoue 6 63 5
What this match is worth
Points earned
Mertens +65Ngounoue +35
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What decided it
- Five points in it: Mertens won 105 points to 100
- Mertens broke 4 times from 9 chances, Ngounoue 4 from 8
- Ngounoue won 36% behind her second serve, Mertens 50%
- The second set went to a tiebreak, Mertens took it 7–3
- Mertens came back from a set down