Shelby Rogers tops Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Lexington on Thursday. Rogers will try to keep the momentum against Serena Williams in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Rogers was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Fernandez in the 1st game (1-0). Rogers managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Leylah Annie in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Shelby converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 55 points. Shelby was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Fernandez (32-23). The American dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). on the other side of the net, Leylah Annie conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
Fernandez started the set in the best possible way after breaking Rogers in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the American managed to stage a good comeback to break the Canadian 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Fernandez was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-5 to 7-5.
The American converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 8th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 40-A).
They played 75 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Fernandez (42-33). Shelby surrendered 13 points on serve (21-13). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).
The American will add to her prize money $ 1,850 after winning this match. She has won already $ 5,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 3,700 to her earnings to earn $ 8,700 in total.
Match Statistics
After this contest, the head to head between Rogers and Fernandez is 1-0 for Shelby.
Draw and next match H2H: Shelby Rogers vs. Serena Williams – stats
Rogers will play Williams in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Shelby Rogers and Serena Williams since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Lexington
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Venus WilliamsWilliams (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-64 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Shelby RogersRogers (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
