Mertens had never reached the last four in Rosmalen. Aleksandrova won the grass tournament in 2022 and 2023.
Elise Mertens survives five match points in storage
In the first set, Aleksandrova won the storage of the Belgian twice. In the second set, Mertens appeared a break, but immediately returned that margin. On 4-3, Aleksandrova again won the storage of the Belgian, but now it was Mertens who returned and after surviving five match points made it 5-5. She survived another five match points and one in the tiebreak in her storage afterwards, and then win them.
In the third set it went right for a long time. Aleksandrova won Mertens’ storage at 3-3, but immediately returned her own service. Mertens received her second on 5-4 match points and used her second after almost three hours of play.
“I especially tried to keep my focus,” Mertens said Ziggo Sport About the many match points against. “I am very happy to play here, almost play at home. That gives me extra motivation.”
Elena Gabriela Ruse
In the final, Mertens will compete against Elena Gabriela Ruse. The Romanian was too strong for Elisabetta Cocciaretto from Italy in the semi-final battle (2-6 6-4 6-3). Cocciaretto won on Friday from the Dutch Suzan Lamens in the quarterfinals: 6-2 7-6 (4). She came back against Ruse in the second set of a backlog of 4-2 (4-4), but then had to acknowledge her superior in Ruse.
Bergs and Diallo in the Final of Tournament in Rosmalen
Zizou Bergs is in the final of the Rosmalen tennis tournament. The Belgian was too strong for the American Reilly Opelka in the semi-final battle: 6-1 6-4.
Bergs plays his first grass tournament of the season in Rosmalen. He lost to the Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round of Roland Garros.
Opelka initially did not succeed in qualifying for the main tournament on the grass of the Autotron. After a cancellation, he was allowed to participate. Opelka defeated the first placed Daniil Medvedev from Russia in the quarterfinals.
Bergs encountered in the final on the Canadian Gabriel Diallo, who surprised the second placed Frenchman Ugo Humbert: 6-3 7-6 (4). Diallo won on Friday in the quarterfinals of the third -placed Russian Karen Chatsjanov. Tallon Griekspoor eliminated the Canadian in the second round of Roland Garros.
Zverev at the expense of Shelton to final in Stuttgart
Alexander Zverev has reached the final of the Stuttgart grass tournament. With the support of the home crowd, the 28-year-old German defeated the American Ben Shelton in two tiebreaks: 7-6 (8) 7-6 (1).
The first placed Zverev is for the first time in his career in the final battle in Stuttgart. Opponent Shelton arrives in the top 10 in the world despite his defeat on Monday.
Earlier in the day, the 27-year-old Taylor Fritz was already able to qualify for the final: 6-4 7-6 (5) at the expense of Félix Auger-Aliassime. The American number 7 in the world lost surprisingly in the first round of Roland Garros at the end of May.