Leylah Annie Fernandez victorious over Bernarda Pera 6-1 7-6(7) in the quarter in Hong Kong on Friday. Fernandez will square off with Diana Shnaider in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Fernandez won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Leylah added to her prize money $ 5,002 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 11,610 up to now in this competition. If she wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 9,220 to her earnings to get in total $ 20,830.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Bernarda Pera Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 72 points vs. the American’s 60.
Fernandez
Fernandez was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).
Pera
On the other side, the American was struggling when converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Pera is 3-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Diana Shnaider – stats
Fernandez will compete against Shnaider in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Diana Shnaider square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Fernandez (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Fernandez won 6-77 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Wuhan back in October 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Bernarda Pera in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Canadian reinforced her lead after breaking Bernarda in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The American was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Fernandez converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 50 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Pera (28-22). Fernandez dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Bernarda conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
Leylah won the set after she broke Pera in the 7th (4-3) game. Pera tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Leylah didn’t blink to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 7.
Tiebreak
Leylah won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 8th (3-5), 11th (6-5), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the American won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2) and 13th (7-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
The Canadian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The Canadian saved 4 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5 and 6-7 down. In addition on the other side, Bernarda converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 82 points. Leylah won 6 points more than Pera (44-38). Leylah surrendered 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 7-67)
- Yue YuanYuan – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-3)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Suzan LamensLamens (6-0 6-74 6-2)
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (6-4 6-0)
Upcoming matches
- Yue YuanYuan – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H details and stats