Elise Mertens vs. McCartney Kessler | 2025 Hobart Final | WTA Match Highlights

She read that as well, but Mertens notches a second service hold and gets a generous hand. Everything McCartney-Kessler is touching is turning to gold right now, keeping a foot to the floor. A second ace ensure the opening set. It's big time tennis for McCartney-Kessler, who is halfway home in this Hobart final to what will be a second title. Oh, how about that? Oh, it's just another level today from Kessler. Just an array of abundant winners off of both wings. Oh, how sharp was that? Mertens reasserts her authority. Not so fast, suggests Kessler. She just will not lie down, McCartney-Kessler. This time no mistake for Elisa Mertens. There we go. It's a deciding set we need to tear them apart. Lots of other tactical chat. Sustained relentless brilliance. Yeah, the lob too shallow gets dismissed. It's a second career singles title for fast riser McCartney-Kessler, delighting in the Hobart sunshine, completely outgunning her Belgian opponent today. She came, she conquered on debut, taking her game to the next level. 6-4, 3-6, 6-love in two hours and seven minutes.