Iga Swiatek powers past Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Thursday after playing a terrific match to square off with Victoria Azarenka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. Swiatek won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 66 points vs. Fernandez’s 37.
Swiatek
Iga served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (7/12) on her second serve. Iga won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Fernandez
On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Fernandez is 1-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Swiatek will come up against Azarenka in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Victoria Azarenka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Azarenka won 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Iga was too strong to drop just 1 game before breaking the Canadian 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Leylah Annie had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Pole converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Fernandez (35-22). The Pole surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Fernandez conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
The Pole in this set was too strong for the Canadian and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Fernandez in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of this set was when Iga won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
They contested 46 points. Swiatek won 16 points more than Leylah Annie (31-15). Swiatek was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Priscilla HonHon (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-66 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-65 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Cori GauffGauff (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Misaki DoiDoi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Shelby RogersRogers (2-1) – H2H details and stats