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Belgian tennis player (born 1995)
Elise Mertens is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became the world No. 1 in women's doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold a top ranking in either singles or doubles. She has won 28 WTA Tour-level titles, comprising 10 in singles and 18 in doubles.
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Polish tennis player (born 2001)
Iga Natalia Świątek is a Polish professional tennis player. Currently ranked world No. 9 in women's singles by the WTA, she has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 125 weeks, seventh-most of all-time. Świątek has won 26 WTA Tour–level singles titles, including six major titles: four at the French Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open. She has also won the 2023 WTA Finals and twelve WTA 1000 events. Świątek is the first Pole to win a major singles title.
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Elise Mertens upset Iga Świątek at the 2026 China Open quarterfinals in Beijing, scoring her first WTA 1000 semifinal berth since 2021.
Elise Mertens has now defeated three straight Grand Slam champions at the China Open, and her win over Iga Swiatek also secured WTA Finals berths for Mirra Andreeva and Linda Noskova.
Elise Mertens has pulled off another huge result at the China Open, defeating a third straight grand slam champion in Iga Swiatek.