This was Mertens' ninth WTA singles title -- and her first since winning the Jasmin Open at Monastir, Tunisia, in October ...

No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium brushed off a loss in a first-set tiebreaker and got past Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-7 (3) ...

No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium eased to her ninth career WTA singles title on Sunday, defeating unseeded American Ann Li 6-1, 6-4 in the Tennis Open final.

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 ...