Leylah Annie Fernandez ousts Belinda Bencic 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the 3rd round in Paris on Friday. Fernandez will square off with Amanda Anisimova in the 4th round. The match lasted just 0 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Belinda Bencic French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fernandez scored 112 points vs. the Swiss’s 109.
Fernandez
Leylah won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Bencic
On the other side, Belinda was struggling when converting her break points (only 46% – 6/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Bencic is 2-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats
Fernandez will come up against Anisimova in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Amanda Anisimova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fernandez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Fernandez won 2-6 7-60 0-0 ret. in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez had a strong start of this set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Fernandez to win the set because Bencic succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Canadian maintained her cool to break the Swiss in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
The Canadian 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 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Swiss converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 80 points. Leylah won 4 points more than Bencic (42-38). The Canadian lost 17 points on serve (23-17). In addition, on the other side, the Swiss conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Belinda won the set after she broke the Canadian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Leylah lost the 3rd game (2-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
The Swiss was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Leylah was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. The Swiss was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Canadian (37-29). Belinda lost 12 points on serve (21-12). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Fernandez conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the Canadian refused to bow to come back to break the Swiss 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Bencic surrendered the 3rd game (1-2) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Leylah converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, Belinda converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 40-A), the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 75 points. Leylah conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Belinda (41-34). Fernandez conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
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