After nearly three hours, top seed Mertens edges past Saville in Hobart semis

No.1 seed Elise Mertens went down to the wire before defeating Daria Saville 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in their Hobart International semifinal. Mertens moves into her third career Hobart final, having won the title in 2017 and 2018.