SOME of the world’s top tennis stars, including the 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu ... She’s also a two-time runner-up in doubles at Wimbledon. In all, Mertens has won 21 doubles titles, ...

Ann Li and Elise Mertens have never met on the WTA Tour before, so they are level 0-0 in their head-to-head. Ann Li has won only one WTA title, which came in 2021 at the Tenerife Ladies Open in Spain.

To be one of the chosen few is thus a feat. It is why No. 2 seed Elise Mertens collapsed to her knees on court after her 82-minute 6-1, 6-4 victory over American Ann Li in the final of the WTA ...