Leylah Fernandez topples Sanders in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – TORONTO RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Fernandez gets the better of Sanders to come up against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Storm Sanders

Leylah Annie Fernandez ousts Storm Sanders 6-4 6-7(2) 6-3 in the 1st round in Toronto on Monday. Fernandez will play Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Storm Sanders National Bank Open – Toronto

Fernandez’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 117 points vs. Storm’s 110.

Fernandez

The Canadian served pretty well to win 75% of the points (52/69) behind her first serve. However she won only 48% points (21/44) on her second serve. Leylah won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Sanders

On the other side, Sanders was not so effective in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Sanders is 1-0 for Leylah .

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats

Fernandez will square off with Haddad Maia in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Beatriz Haddad Maia play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fernandez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Fernandez won 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in Monterrey back in March 2022.

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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Canadian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Leylah converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Storm was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 81 points. Fernandez was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Sanders (43-38). Leylah conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Storm conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).

Fernandez was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Storm Sanders in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Australian to win the set as the Canadian found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Sanders maintained her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

Tiebreak

Sanders won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Leylah won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (2-4) point.

Storm won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

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

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Leylah was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A).

They played 81 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Storm won only 1 point more than Fernandez (41-40). Storm lost 14 points on serve (26-14). On the other side, the Canadian conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).

Leylah won the set after she broke Storm in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Fernandez converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Sanders was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Leylah won just 3 points more than Storm (34-31). Fernandez surrendered 14 points on serve (23-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Sanders conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

 

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