
Leylah Annie Fernandez victorious over Cristina Bucsa 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Fernandez will play against Jodie Anna Burrage or Cori Gauff in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Fernandez added to her prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Fernandez will add $ 130,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Cristina Bucsa Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Leylah scored 102 points vs. the Spaniard’s 99.
Fernandez
The Canadian won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Bucsa
On the other side, Cristina had some problems converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Bucsa is 2-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Jodie Anna Burrage or Cori Gauff – stats
Fernandez will take on either Jodie Anna Burrage or Cori Gauff in the 3rd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Jodie Anna Burrage and 0-1 vs. Cori Gauff.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Cristina Bucsa in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Bucsa to win the set as the Canadian succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game. Bucsa kept her focus to break Fernandez in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Spaniard was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Canadian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40).
They played 78 points. Bucsa was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Fernandez (42-36). Bucsa lost 15 points on serve (21-15). on the other side of the court, Leylah conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
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 9th game (5-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Canadian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Cristina was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 62 points. This set was so close that, Leylah won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Fernandez conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, Cristina conceded 6 points on serve (17-6).
Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Leylah grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Canadian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 61 points. Leylah was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Cristina (35-26). The Canadian lost 8 points on serve (21-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Cristina conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
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