Leylah Fernandez won a tricky opener in Indian Wells on Sunday against an inspired Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. However, the Canadian sensation was not really happy with her tennis. Trying to see some good, at least she was satisfied that she managed to find the solution even if she was not playing at her very best.
During the press conference that followed her match, Leylah Fernandez talked about the rise of the teenagers, following also the incredible run of Emma Raducanu at the recent US Open.
“We’re all so hungry to do something on tour. I know from my own experience that I always wanted to do something special on court. To be able to play on court against these champions, these legends and just to put on a good show for everybody and have fun and compete as well as you can.
Teenagers are doing so well. We’re just hungry to do something for the WTA. We just want to bring something extra special on Tour.”
Fernandez in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2021
Now the world no.28 (career-high), the Canadian owns a 25-16 match record in 2021. Fernandez is currently competing in Indian Wells where she beat Alize Cornet 6-2 6-3 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5-7 6-3 6-4.
Leylah Annie Fernandez will take on the world no.44 Shelby Rogers in the 4th round. The head to head is 1-0 for Rogers.
Fernandez has won 1 title in 2021 in Monterrey. The Canadian reached the final at the U.S. Open.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in 2021
Now the world no.13 (career-high), Anastasia played her last match on the 10th of October when she surrendered to world no.28 Leylah Annie Fernandez 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells (draw).
Currently, during this season the Russian has achieved a composed 26-18 match record. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s most significant achievement of the present year was getting to the final at the French Open.
Leylah Annie Fernandez and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova played each other only once. The head to head is 1-0 for Fernandez. When they played, Leylah Annie Fernandez won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) on the 10th of October 2021.
Leylah Annie Fernandez |
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