Leylah Fernandez surprises Pera in the 1st round to battle vs Sakkari – WASHINGTON RESULTS

Leylah Annie Fernandez surprises Bernarda Pera 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in Washington on Tuesday. Fernandez will try to keep the momentum against Maria Sakkari in the 2^nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Washington

Fernandez's Record

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

Fernandez

Pera

6-3 7-5
1h:35

72

72

Total points

65

65

26

26

Winners

16

16

36%

36%

Ratio Winners

25%

25%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

1

1

9

9

Double Faults

7

7

54%

54%

1st in

50%

50%

70%

70%

1st won

47%

47%

26/37

26/37

1st won

16/34

16/34

25%

25%

2nd won

41%

41%

8/32

8/32

2nd won

14/34

14/34

-- Break Points --

7/9

7/9

Total

5/11

5/11

78%

78%

Won

45%

45%

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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 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 5^th (2-3) game. Fernandez maintained her focus to break Pera in the 6^th (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 2^nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (3-2 30-40) and the 10^th 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 5^th (1-3 15-40) and the 9^th 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 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Pera tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Leylah kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.

The American lost the 3^rd 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 3^rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 15-40) and the 11^th 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 1^st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4^th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6^th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 30-40), the 10^th (4-5 15-40) and the 12^th 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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