Leylah Fernandez overcomes Blinkova in the semifinal to play vs Siniakova. HIGHLIGHTS – HONG KONG RESULTS

HONG KONG TENNIS OPEN - HONG KONG DRAW AND RESULTS. Fernandez tops Blinkova to come up against Katerina Siniakova in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Anna Blinkova

Leylah Annie Fernandez gets by Anna Blinkova 6-2 7-5 in the semifinal in Hong Kong on Saturday. Fernandez is going to play against Katerina Siniakova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.

Fernandez
Hong Kong
Fernandez's Record

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Anna Blinkova Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fernandez
Blinkova
Leylah Annie Fernandez
6-2 7-5
1h:18
Anna Blinkova
66
66
Total points
46
46
29
29
Winners
27
27
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
59%
59%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
75%
75%
1st in
70%
70%
69%
69%
1st won
69%
69%
29/42
29/42
1st won
27/39
27/39
71%
71%
2nd won
12%
12%
10/14
10/14
2nd won
2/17
2/17
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/1
1/1
44%
44%
Won
100%
100%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 66 points vs. Anna’s 46.

Fernandez

The Canadian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Blinkova

On the other side, The Russian was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Blinkova is 2-1 for Leylah .

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Katerina Siniakova – stats

Fernandez will take on Siniakova in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Katerina Siniakova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fernandez (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Fernandez won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2022.

Leylah Annie Fernandez Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Fernandez 6-2
FernandezBlinkova
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
FernandezBlinkova
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
FernandezBlinkova
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
FernandezBlinkova
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
FernandezBlinkova
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
FernandezBlinkova
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
FernandezBlinkova
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
FernandezBlinkova
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
FernandezBlinkova
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

The Canadian in this set played much better tennis than Blinkova and finally she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Leylah failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

Fernandez converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. Leylah was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Anna (30-15). Fernandez surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, Blinkova conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

2nd Set -
Fernandez 7-5
FernandezBlinkova
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
FernandezBlinkova
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
FernandezBlinkova
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
FernandezBlinkova
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
FernandezBlinkova
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
FernandezBlinkova
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
FernandezBlinkova
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
FernandezBlinkova
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
FernandezBlinkova
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
FernandezBlinkova
3
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
FernandezBlinkova
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Fernandez was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Fernandez to win the set because Blinkova managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Fernandez maintained her focus to break Anna in the 12th (7-5) game.

Fernandez missed the opportunity to break Blinkova in the 10th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Canadian converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 10th (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Anna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 67 points. Fernandez won 5 points more than Blinkova (36-31). Leylah dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the court, Anna conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).

1st
Fernandez
Blinkova
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Fernandez
Blinkova
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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