It makes a difference. It’s fun to play when people come and watch, support, we’re in Melbourne playing in this beautiful event, beautiful site. There’s nothing to complain about.

Elise Mertens

Elise Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [?m?rt?ns]; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. A top fifteen player in both singles and doubles, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 on 26 November 2018 and a career-high of world No. 2 in doubles on 9 September 2019. Mertens has won five singles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including one Grand Slam at the 2019 US Open with Aryna Sabalenka, as well as eleven singles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. While her most prolific success has come in the form of doubles, including winning both the Indian Wells and Miami doubles titles in 2019 to complete the Sunshine Double, Mertens has also been very successful in singles, including reaching the semifinals at the 2018 Australian Open and the quarterfinals of both the 2019 and 2020 US Open.

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