Leylah Annie Fernandez surprises Bernarda Pera 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Washington on Tuesday. Fernandez will try to keep the momentum against Maria Sakkari in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Leylah added to her prize money $ 3,280 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,600 after this win. If she wins the next match, Fernandez will add $ 11,200 to her earnings to get in total $ 22,800 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:35
At the end of the match, Leylah scored 72 points vs. Bernarda’s 65.
Fernandez
Fernandez was well focused in converting 78% of the break points that she procured (7/9).
Pera
On the other side, Pera was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Pera is 1-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Fernandez will take on Sakkari in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Bernarda Pera in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Leylah to win the set because Pera succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Fernandez maintained her focus to break Pera in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Canadian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Pera converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 66 points. Leylah was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Bernarda (36-30). The Canadian surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). On the other side, Bernarda conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Fernandez won the set after she broke the American 4 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Pera tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Leylah kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.
The American lost the 3rd game (2-1) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.
The Canadian converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They played 71 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Canadian won only 1 point more than Pera (36-35). Fernandez surrendered 22 points on serve (15-22). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 21 points on serve (13-21).
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Upcoming matches
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- Jessica PegulaPegula – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Cori GauffGauff (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (2-0) – H2H details and stats
