Uncompromising Swiatek outpaces Fernandez in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – ADELAIDE RESULTS

Iga Swiatek powers past Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-1 6-2 in the 2^nd 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

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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 2^nd 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 3^rd 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 2^nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3^rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6^th 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

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The Pole in this set was too strong for the Canadian and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Fernandez in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of this set was when Iga won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd 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