Fernandez downs Wang in the 1st round of the Birmingham Classic – BIRMINGHAM RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM CLASSIC - BIRMINGHAM DRAW AND RESULTS. Fernandez topples Wang to fight against Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Yafan Wang

Leylah Annie Fernandez gets the better of Yafan Wang 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Birmingham on Tuesday. Fernandez will engage against Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes.

Fernandez
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Fernandez's Record

The Canadian added to her prize money $ 1,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 3,675 after this win. If she wins the next match, Fernandez will add $ 2,125 to her earnings to get in total $ 5,800 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fernandez
Wang
Leylah Annie Fernandez
7-5 6-3
1h:24
Yafan Wang
71
71
Total points
53
53
35
35
Winners
23
23
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
74%
74%
1st in
65%
65%
76%
76%
1st won
58%
58%
35/46
35/46
1st won
23/40
23/40
63%
63%
2nd won
59%
59%
10/16
10/16
2nd won
13/22
13/22
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
1/2
1/2
75%
75%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 71 points vs. Wang’s 53.

Fernandez

The Canadian served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (35/46) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (10/16) on her second serve. The Canadian was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).

Wang

On the other side, Yafan was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Wang is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Fernandez will play Jabeur in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Ons Jabeur play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Jabeur won 0-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in New York back in 2020.

Leylah Annie Fernandez Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Fernandez won the set after she broke Wang in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Yafan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Fernandez didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-5.

The Canadian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Chinese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).

They contested 76 points. Leylah Annie was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Yafan (42-34). Leylah Annie lost 11 points on serve (24-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Yafan conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Fernandez grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

Fernandez was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Leylah Annie didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. Fernandez was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Chinese (29-19). The Canadian surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). On the other side, Yafan conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).

 

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