Leylah Annie Fernandez shocks Svitolina in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Fernandez stuns Svitolina to compete against Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elina Svitolina

Leylah Annie Fernandez stuns Elina Svitolina 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) in the quarter in New York on Tuesday. Fernandez will face off with Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. 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 $ 250,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 675,000 up to now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Leylah Annie will add $ 575,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,250,000.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elina Svitolina U.S. Open – New York

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Fernandez’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fernandez
Svitolina
Leylah Annie Fernandez
6-3 3-6 7-65
2h:24
Elina Svitolina
97
97
Total points
99
99
38
38
Winners
46
46
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
31
31
Unforced
25
25
55%
55%
Ratio Unforced
45%
45%
19/24
19/24
Net Approaches
12/22
12/22
79%
79%
Perc
55%
55%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
8
8
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
55%
55%
1st in
65%
65%
70%
70%
1st won
72%
72%
38/54
38/54
1st won
46/64
46/64
48%
48%
2nd won
41%
41%
21/44
21/44
2nd won
14/34
14/34
172
172
Fastest serve
178
178
156
156
AVG 1st Serve
158
158
137
137
AVG 2nd Serve
123
123
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
4/6
4/6
40%
40%
Won
67%
67%
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Leylah Annie won this encounter even if she won less points than Svitolina (97 vs. 99).

Fernandez

Leylah Annie won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Svitolina

On the other side, Svitolina didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Fernandez and Svitolina is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Fernandez will play Sabalenka in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Aryna Sabalenka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Leylah Annie Fernandez Draw info

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 Fernandez conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Fernandez converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fernandez didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 55 points. Leylah Annie conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Elina (30-25). The Canadian surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).

The Ukrainian won the set after she broke the Canadian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Notwithstanding, Svitolina kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

Svitolina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

Certainly, a key moment was when Svitolina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

They played 54 points. Svitolina won 10 more points than Leylah Annie (32-22). Elina conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the court, Leylah Annie conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

The Canadian won the set after she broke Svitolina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Elina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Leylah Annie refused to give way to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.

Tiebreak

Leylah Annie won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Elina won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4) and 10th (5-5) point.

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

They contested 86 points. Leylah Annie was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Svitolina (46-40). Leylah Annie surrendered 19 points on serve (26-19). In addition, on the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).

 

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