Leylah Annie Fernandez stuns Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday after playing a tremendous match to deal with Kristie Ahn in the next round.
Score, report, and key facts
Fernandez had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Blinkova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Canadian improved her lead after breaking Blinkova in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Fernandez won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Leylah Annie converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Leylah Annie was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Russian (29-18). Fernandez lost 7 points on serve (16-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Blinkova conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Fernandez had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Blinkova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Fernandez to win the set as Blinkova found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
Leylah Annie converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (1-4 0-40).
They played 54 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Canadian won just 2 more points than the Russian (28-26). Leylah Annie conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). On the other side, Blinkova conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Leylah Annie scored 57 points vs. the Russian’s 44.
Fernandez was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, Anna was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Blinkova is 1-0 for Leylah Annie.
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Kristie Ahn – stats
Fernandez will play Ahn in the next round.
There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Kristie Ahn since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in New York
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- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Christina MchaleMchale – Usue Maitane ArconadaMaitane Arconada (6-2 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
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- Astra SharmaSharma – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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