Ashlyn Krueger hustles Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Krueger will clash against Linda Noskova or Magda Linette in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 30,305 after winning this match. She has already won $ 59,000 up to now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 42,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.
Highlights Ashlyn Krueger vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:24
At the end of the match, the American scored 101 points vs. Leylah’s 90.
Krueger
Ashlyn won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (8/18) of the procured opportunities.
Fernandez
On the other side, the Canadian was pretty effective at converting 55% of the break points that she procured points (6/11). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Krueger and Fernandez is 2-1 for Ashlyn.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashlyn Krueger vs. Linda Noskova or Magda Linette – stats
Krueger will face either Linda Noskova or Magda Linette in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Linda Noskova and 0-0 vs. Magda Linette.
Live score progression and stats
Krueger won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, The American broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Ashlyn failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Krueger converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 83 points. Ashlyn won 11 points more than the Canadian (47-36). Ashlyn lost 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the court, Leylah conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Krueger had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Leylah managed to stage a great comeback to break Krueger in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
There was an important spell in this set when Leylah won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 5-3.
Leylah was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ashlyn was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The Canadian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Krueger (34-23). The Canadian conceded 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Ashlyn conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
Krueger was in much better shape than Leylah and eventually she won 6-2. Fernandez broke Krueger in the 3rd (2-1) game. However, Krueger broke her opponent in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).
Fernandez had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Ashlyn converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Leylah converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 51 points. Ashlyn was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Canadian (31-20). Krueger lost 10 points on serve (12-10). on the other side of the court, Fernandez conceded 19 points on serve (10-19).
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