Sabalenka and Mertens cruise to Upper Austria Ladies' quarterfinal

Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens cruised to the quarterfinals of the Upper Austria Ladies' following strong victories on Thursday.

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The final match of the day was between Mertens and Zvonareva. The opening set was a very exciting set where Mertens had a convincing lead early thanks to some stellar play but Zvonareva came back a bit to lessen the damage. She could not revert the score so she ended up losing the opening set 6-4. The 2nd was a very hard-fought battle where Mertens had chances to pull away but ultimately it was Zvonareva who held the lead for the majority of the set and she won it 7-5. The final set was dominated by Mertens who broke Zvonareva several times before ending the set 6-2. The whole match lasted two and a half hours and it was not easy for Mertens but she is a trough and she will be happy about it.

Check out the full slate of today's result at our live score page which you can find by clicking here.

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