Ludmilla Samsonova gets the better of Fernandez in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Samsonova defeats Fernandez to take on Aleksandra Krunic in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez

Liudmila Samsonova defeats the 2021 runner-up Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Samsonova will square off with Aleksandra Krunic in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Samsonova
New York
Samsonova's Record

Samsonova added to her prize money $ 67,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 188,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ludmilla will add $ 90,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 278,000 in total.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Fernandez
Liudmila Samsonova
6-3 7-63
1h:45
Leylah Annie Fernandez
87
87
Total points
68
68
29
29
Winners
35
35
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
21
21
Unforced
26
26
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
8/10
8/10
Net Approaches
5/11
5/11
80%
80%
Perc
45%
45%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
62%
62%
1st in
66%
66%
81%
81%
1st won
55%
55%
29/36
29/36
1st won
35/64
35/64
73%
73%
2nd won
61%
61%
16/22
16/22
2nd won
20/33
20/33
191
191
Fastest serve
170
170
177
177
AVG 1st Serve
150
150
145
145
AVG 2nd Serve
136
136
-- Break Points --
2/13
2/13
Total
0/0
0/0
15%
15%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 87 points vs. the Canadian’s 68.

Samsonova

Samsonova served very well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind her first serve, and she won 73% points (16/22) on her second serve. Ludmilla struck 10 aces without committing any double fault. The Russian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 15% (2/13) 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 contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Fernandez is 1-0 for Ludmilla.

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Aleksandra Krunic – stats

Samsonova will come up against Krunic in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Aleksandra Krunic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krunic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Krunic won 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Paris back in 2021.

Liudmila Samsonova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Samsonova won the set after she broke Fernandez in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Ludmilla converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. Ludmilla conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Leylah (36-24). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Leylah conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Ludmilla won the tiebreak at 7-3.

Tiebreak

The Russian won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Leylah won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 8th (3-5) point.

Ludmilla won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

Samsonova was unable to convert any of the 6 conquered break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 95 points. Samsonova was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Fernandez (51-44). Samsonova conceded 10 points on serve (30-10). On the other side, the Canadian conceded 21 points on serve (34-21).

 

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