Leylah Annie Fernandez mullers Harriet Dart 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in Eastbourne on Thursday after playing a great match to square off with Madison Keys in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes.
The Canadian added to her prize money $ 26,295 after winning this match. She has already won $ 51,205 as of now in this event. If she wins the next match, Fernandez will add $ 36,450 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,655.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Harriet Dart Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fernandez scored 56 points vs. the Brit’s 31.
Fernandez
Fernandez served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (21/26) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (8/15) on her second serve. The Canadian was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Dart
On the other side, Harriet was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Dart is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Madison Keys – stats
Fernandez will face Keys in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Madison Keys face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Keys (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Keys won 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Harriet Dart in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Canadian succeeded in coming back to break Harriet 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Canadian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Dart couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Fernandez converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 55 points. Leylah won 13 points more than the Brit (34-21). The Canadian surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the net, Dart conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Fernandez had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Harriet Dart in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Fernandez managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Brit in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Canadian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 32 points. Leylah conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Dart (22-10). Fernandez was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). On the other side, the Brit conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Harriet DartDart (6-2 6-1)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-1 7-60)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-2 6-2)
- Madison KeysKeys – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (w/o)
Upcoming matches
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Madison KeysKeys (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (3-1) – H2H details and stats