MONTERREY RESULTS. Leylah Annie Fernandez stuns Stephens in the 2nd round of the Abierto GNP Seguros

Leylah Annie Fernandez surprises Sloane Stephens 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Monterrey on Thursday. Annie Fernandez will fight against Elina Svitolina or Olga Govortsova in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Stephens had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Annie Fernandez in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set as the Canadian found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The American kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

2^nd set.

Leylah won the set after she broke Stephens in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break was crucial for the Canadian to win the set since she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

The American was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

3^rd set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Annie Fernandez conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Leylah scored 98 points vs. the American’s 82 points.

The Canadian was effective in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, the American had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Annie Fernandez and Stephens is 2-0 for Leylah.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Sloane Stephens Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey

Next Match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elina Svitolina or Olga Govortsova – stats

Annie Fernandez will fight against either Elina Svitolina or Olga Govortsova in the 3^rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Elina Svitolina and 0-0 vs. Olga Govortsova.

There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Elina Svitolina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Monterrey

• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Yafan WangWang – Astra SharmaSharma (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sloane StephensStephens (6-7(4) 6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lauren DavisDavis – Arantxa RusRus (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-1) – See H2H details
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Johanna KontaKonta (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yafan WangWang – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-0) – See H2H details