Leylah Annie Fernandez aces Katerina Siniakova 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the final in Hong Kong on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Katerina Siniakova Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:49
The Canadian won this match even if she conquered less points than the Czech (100 vs. 101).
Fernandez
Fernandez won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Siniakova
On the other side, the Czech wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 28% – 5/18). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Siniakova is 2-0 for Leylah .
This was the 3rd career title for the Canadian. She won the previous title in Monterrey. (see list of titles and finals). The Czech remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Shenzhen 2017, in Bastad 2017, in Portoroz 2022 and in Bad Homburg 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
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The Czech won the set after she broke Fernandez in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Czech was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (2-6 15-40).
They contested 58 points. Katerina was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Canadian (32-26). The Czech surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the court, Fernandez conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Fernandez conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Katerina Siniakova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Canadian to win the set because Katerina succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game.
Fernandez converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Katerina converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Canadian won just 2 points more than Katerina (44-42). Leylah lost 22 points on serve (29-22). In addition, on the other side, Siniakova conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
Fernandez conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Katerina Siniakova in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Leylah managed to stage a good comeback to break Siniakova in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Canadian missed the opportunity to break Katerina in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Leylah converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Czech converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Leylah won just 3 more points than Katerina (30-27). The Canadian surrendered 13 points on serve (16-13). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
