Leylah Annie Fernandez dispatches Viktorija Golubic 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Birmingham on Wednesday. Fernandez is going to play against Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Viktorija Golubic Rothesay Classic – Birmingham
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 97 points vs. Golubic’s 82.
Fernandez
The Canadian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).
Golubic
On the other side, Viktorija was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Golubic is 2-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Ajla Tomljanovic – stats
Fernandez will take on Tomljanovic in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Ajla Tomljanovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Viktorija Golubic in the 1st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Viktorija to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Viktorija was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Viktorija didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. The Swiss won 4 points more than Leylah (31-27). Viktorija surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
The Canadian won the set after she broke the Swiss 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Viktorija tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Notwithstanding, Fernandez refused to give way to win the set 7-5.
Fernandez failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
The Swiss was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Fernandez converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Viktorija converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 77 points. Leylah was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the Swiss (46-31). The Canadian dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). In addition, on the other side, Viktorija conceded 27 points on serve (19-27).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Canadian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Fernandez was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Fernandez didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Leylah was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Golubic (23-19). Leylah lost 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Golubic conceded 6 points on serve (12-6).
Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-2)
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Lin ZhuZhu (6-76 6-1 6-4)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (4-6 7-5 6-3)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 7-5)
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