Overview

• Elise Mertens defeated two-time champion Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 in just under three hours by saving 11 match points.
• According to the WTA Tour, those 11 match points are the most ever survived in a main draw women’s match this decade.
• As the tournament’s third seed, Mertens is seeking her second title of the year following a victory in Singapore in February.
• Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse recovered from a first-set loss to beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the other semifinal.
• Mertens leads their head-to-head series 3-0 as she prepares for Sunday’s final in ’s-Hertogenbosch.