Leylah Annie Fernandez surprises Osaka in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Leylah Annie Fernandez surprises the defending champion Naomi Osaka 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 3^rd round in New York on Friday. Fernandez will square off with Angelique Kerber in the 4^th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

New York

Fernandez's Record

The Canadian added to her prize money $ 85,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 265,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Leylah Annie will add $ 160,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 425,000 in total.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Naomi Osaka U.S. Open – New York

Fernandez’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fernandez

Osaka

5-7 7-6² 6-4
2h:04

99

99

Total points

93

93

58

58

Winners

52

52

59%

59%

Ratio Winners

56%

56%

24

24

Unforced

36

36

40%

40%

Ratio Unforced

60%

60%

5/6

5/6

Net Approaches

2/4

2/4

83%

83%

Perc

50%

50%

-- Serve --

6

6

Aces

15

15

2

2

Double Faults

2

2

80%

80%

1st in

63%

63%

78%

78%

1st won

84%

84%

58/74

58/74

1st won

52/62

52/62

53%

53%

2nd won

43%

43%

10/19

10/19

2nd won

16/37

16/37

168

168

Fastest serve

188

188

156

156

AVG 1^st Serve

170

170

139

139

AVG 2^nd Serve

133

133

-- Break Points --

2/5

2/5

Total

2/5

2/5

40%

40%

Won

40%

40%

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At the end of the match, Leylah Annie scored 99 points vs. the Japanese’s 93.

Fernandez

Fernandez served very well to win 78% of the points (58/74) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (10/19) on her second serve. The Canadian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Osaka

On the other side, the Japanese was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Osaka is 1-0 for Leylah Annie.

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Angelique Kerber – stats

Fernandez will take on Kerber in the 4^th round.

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

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Osaka conquered in the 11^th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).

They played 63 points. Naomi conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Leylah Annie (34-29). Osaka conceded 7 points on serve (24-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Leylah Annie conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).

Leylah Annie won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 11^th (5-6) game, The Canadian broke back in the 12^th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-2.

Tiebreak

Leylah Annie won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 3^rd (3-0), 8^th (6-2) and 9^th (7-2) point.

Leylah Annie won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-2, 7-2

Leylah Annie dropped 8 points on serve (26-8). In addition, on the other side, Osaka conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).

Fernandez took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Naomi Osaka in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was sufficient for Fernandez to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

They contested 59 points. Fernandez was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Naomi (33-26). Fernandez surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, Osaka conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).

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