Ekaterina Alexandrova beats Fernandez in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Navarro at the Adelaide International. HIGHLIGHTS – ADELAIDE RESULTS

Ekaterina Alexandrova bests Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the 1^st round in Adelaide on Monday. Alexandrova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Emma Navarro in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Adelaide

Alexandrova's Record

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez Adelaide International – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alexandrova

Fernandez

6-4 3-6 6-2
2h:13

96

96

Total points

86

86

37

37

Winners

37

37

39%

39%

Ratio Winners

43%

43%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

9

9

3

3

Double Faults

9

9

63%

63%

1st in

67%

67%

65%

65%

1st won

60%

60%

37/57

37/57

1st won

37/62

37/62

42%

42%

2nd won

33%

33%

14/33

14/33

2nd won

10/30

10/30

-- Break Points --

7/13

7/13

Total

5/19

5/19

54%

54%

Won

26%

26%

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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 96 points vs. Leylah’s 86.

Alexandrova

The Russian didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).

Fernandez

On the other side, Fernandez was struggling when converting her break points (only 26% – 5/19). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Fernandez is 3-1 for Ekaterina.

Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emma Navarro – stats

Alexandrova will fight against Navarro in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Emma Navarro face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Alexandrova won 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in London back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Ekaterina won the set after she broke Leylah 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. Leylah tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Yet, the Russian kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.

Alexandrova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

The Russian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 4^th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 9^th (5-3 30-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Fernandez converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 8^th (2-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 83 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Canadian (44-39). The Russian lost 19 points on serve (21-19). On the other side, Leylah conceded 23 points on serve (20-23).

The Canadian won the set after she broke the Russian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Ekaterina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. However, Fernandez kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.

Ekaterina had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Fernandez was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8^th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5^th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 61 points. Fernandez was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Ekaterina (33-28). The Canadian dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). On the other side, the Russian conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).

Ekaterina in this set was too good for the Canadian and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the Canadian in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

The Canadian was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Ekaterina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5^th (3-2 0-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ekaterina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 38 points. Ekaterina conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Leylah (24-14). Alexandrova was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

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• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (6-2 6-3)
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-2)
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Donna VekicVekic (6-2 6-3)
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 3-6 6-2)
• Emerson JonesJones – Xinyu WangWang (6-4 6-0)

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