Katerina Siniakova victorious over Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Nanchang on Saturday. Siniakova will engage against Marie Bouzkova in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes.
Katerina added to her prize money $ 8,950 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,226 after this win. If she wins the next match, Katerina will add $ 14,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 34,228 in total.
Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez Jiangxi Open – Nanchang
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Siniakova scored 91 points vs. the Canadian’s 83.
Siniakova
Katerina won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 37% (7/19) of the procured opportunities.
Fernandez
On the other side, Fernandez was battling in converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Siniakova and Fernandez is 1-2 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Katerina Siniakova vs. Marie Bouzkova – stats
Siniakova will compete against Bouzkova in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Katerina Siniakova and Marie Bouzkova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Siniakova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Siniakova won 6-0 4-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech won the set after she broke Leylah 4 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Leylah tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, the Czech didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-5.
The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.
A defining moment of this set was when Siniakova won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Katerina converted 36% of her break points (4/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-4 30-40), the 11th (5-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 13th game (7-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Fernandez converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 15-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).
They played 92 points. This set was so close that, The Czech won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Siniakova conceded 23 points on serve (23-23). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 23 points on serve (23-23).
Siniakova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Siniakova refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Leylah 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Certainly, a key moment was when Katerina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 1-3 to 5-3.
Katerina converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, Fernandez converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 0th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They contested 82 points. Siniakova conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Fernandez (45-37). The Czech dropped 19 points on serve (24-19). On the other side, Fernandez conceded 21 points on serve (18-21).
Tennis Scores in Nanchang
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H details and stats