Fernandez shocks Kerber in the 4th round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

    U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Fernandez upsets Kerber to play Elina Svitolina in the quarter

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Angelique Kerber

    Leylah Annie Fernandez upsets Angelique Kerber 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Fernandez will engage against Elina Svitolina in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

    Fernandez
    New York
    Fernandez's Record

    The Canadian added to her prize money $ 160,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 425,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Fernandez will add $ 250,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 675,000 in total.

    Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Angelique Kerber U.S. Open – New York

    Fernandez’s Interview

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Fernandez
    Kerber
    Leylah Annie Fernandez
    4-6 7-65 6-2
    2h:15
    Angelique Kerber
    102
    102
    Total points
    91
    91
    41
    41
    Winners
    36
    36
    40%
    40%
    Ratio Winners
    40%
    40%
    34
    34
    Unforced
    22
    22
    61%
    61%
    Ratio Unforced
    39%
    39%
    16/21
    16/21
    Net Approaches
    7/12
    7/12
    76%
    76%
    Perc
    58%
    58%
    -- Serve --
    3
    3
    Aces
    0
    0
    6
    6
    Double Faults
    0
    0
    61%
    61%
    1st in
    68%
    68%
    66%
    66%
    1st won
    57%
    57%
    41/62
    41/62
    1st won
    36/63
    36/63
    51%
    51%
    2nd won
    52%
    52%
    20/39
    20/39
    2nd won
    15/29
    15/29
    168
    168
    Fastest serve
    165
    165
    153
    153
    AVG 1st Serve
    146
    146
    136
    136
    AVG 2nd Serve
    120
    120
    -- Break Points --
    5/9
    5/9
    Total
    4/9
    4/9
    56%
    56%
    Won
    44%
    44%
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    At the end of the match, Leylah Annie scored 102 points vs. the German’s 91.

    Fernandez

    Fernandez was effective at converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).

    Kerber

    On the other side, Angelique was struggling when converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

    Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elina Svitolina – stats

    Fernandez will square off with Svitolina in the quarter.

    This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Elina Svitolina face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

    The last time that they played, Svitolina won 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Monterrey back in 2020.

    Leylah Annie Fernandez Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Svitolina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Angelique Kerber in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Kerber to win the set since Leylah Annie found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The German kept her focus to break the Canadian in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

    Leylah Annie surrendered the 1st game (1-0) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. Leylah Annie was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.

    The German converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 7th (2-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Leylah Annie converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

    They played 65 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Canadian (35-30). Angelique dropped 13 points on serve (16-13). On the losing side, Fernandez conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).

    Leylah Annie won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Fernandez broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-5.

    Tiebreak

    Fernandez won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Kerber won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (3-5) and 9th (4-5) point.

    Fernandez won the tiebreak 7-5 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

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

    Leylah Annie converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the German converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40).

    They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Leylah Annie won just 3 points more than Angelique (40-37). Fernandez lost 12 points on serve (23-12). In addition, on the other side, Kerber conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).

    Leylah Annie in this set played at a much higher level than Angelique and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Kerber in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

    The German was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.

    Leylah Annie converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Kerber was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).

    They contested 52 points. Fernandez won 10 more points than Angelique (31-21). Leylah Annie lost 10 points on serve (20-10). On the other side, Angelique conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

     

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