
Ashlyn Krueger conquers Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-1 7-5 in the 3rd round in Miami on Saturday. Krueger will play Qinwen Zheng in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 42,825 after winning this match. She has already won $ 103,225 after this win. If she wins the next match, Krueger will add $ 85,850 to her earnings to get in total $ 189,075 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ashlyn scored 72 points vs. Fernandez’s 55.
Krueger
Krueger served pretty well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (13/24) on her second serve. Ashlyn was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Fernandez
On the other side, Leylah wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Krueger and Fernandez is 3-1 for Ashlyn.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashlyn Krueger vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Krueger will face Zheng in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Ashlyn Krueger and Qinwen Zheng fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zheng won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Ashlyn was far too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Leylah 3 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Krueger failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 15.
The Canadian was powerless in the last 7 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
The American converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Ashlyn didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than the Canadian (35-20). Ashlyn surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the court, Leylah conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Ashlyn was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Fernandez was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 more points than Fernandez (37-35). Ashlyn dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). On the losing side, Fernandez conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).
Tennis Scores in Miami
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- Magda LinetteLinette – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-5 6-4)
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