Petra Kvitova hustles Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Paris on Saturday. Kvitova will try to keep the momentum against Shuai Zhang in the 4th round.
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Kvitova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Fernandez in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Petra to win the set since Fernandez succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Petra kept her cool to break the Canadian in the 7th (2-5), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Canadian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-5 to 7-5. Nevertheless also Fernandez won 5 consecutive games from 0-1 to 5-1
Petra converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 7th (1-5 40-A), the 9th (3-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Canadian converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 102 points. Kvitova was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Fernandez (53-49). Petra surrendered 28 points on serve (28-28). on the other side of the net, Fernandez conceded 25 points on serve (21-25).
Kvitova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Fernandez in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kvitova to win the set as the Canadian succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Czech kept her focus to break Leylah Annie in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Czech converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Canadian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 63 points. The Czech won 7 more points than the Canadian (35-28). Kvitova lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the net, Leylah Annie conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
Petra will add to her prize money € 63,000 after conquering this match. She has won already € 189,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kvitova will add € 94,500 to her earnings to get in total € 283,500 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Petra scored 88 points vs. the Canadian’s 77.
The Czech won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 47% (7/15) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Fernandez wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kvitova and Fernandez is 1-0 for Petra.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez French Open – Paris
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Shuai Zhang – stats
Kvitova will play Zhang in the 4th round.
This will be the 6th time that Petra Kvitova and Shuai Zhang face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kvitova won 7-66 6-0 in the semifinal in Prague back in 2018.
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