Leylah Fernandez wins against Sakkari in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Rybakina at the Toray Pan Pacific Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

Leylah Annie Fernandez ousts Maria Sakkari 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Fernandez will fight against Elena Rybakina in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tokyo

Fernandez's Record

The Canadian added to her prize money $ 4,400 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Maria Sakkari Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fernandez

Sakkari

7-6⁵ 6-4
2h:00

80

80

Total points

68

68

29

29

Winners

23

23

36%

36%

Ratio Winners

34%

34%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

1

1

1

1

Double Faults

0

0

66%

66%

1st in

66%

66%

59%

59%

1st won

47%

47%

29/49

29/49

1st won

23/49

23/49

48%

48%

2nd won

48%

48%

12/25

12/25

2nd won

12/25

12/25

-- Break Points --

6/10

6/10

Total

5/11

5/11

60%

60%

Won

45%

45%

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At the end of the match, Leylah scored 80 points vs. Sakkari’s 68.

Fernandez

Fernandez was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).

Sakkari

On the other side, the Greek was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Sakkari is 2-3 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Fernandez will fight against Rybakina in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Fernandez (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Fernandez won 6-7² 7-6³ 7-6³ in the semifinal in Washington back in July 2025.

Live score progression and stats

Leylah won the set after she broke the Greek 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Maria tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Anyhow, the Canadian stayed solid to win the set 7-6.

The Canadian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.

There was an important spell in this set when the Canadian won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the game count from 2-5 to 6-5. However also Sakkari won 4 consecutive games from 1-2 to 5-2

Fernandez converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 7^th (2-4 40-A), the 9^th (3-5 0-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Maria converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6^th (3-2 30-40), the 10^th (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 96 points. The Canadian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Sakkari (52-44). Fernandez lost 21 points on serve (26-21). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 26 points on serve (23-26).

Leylah won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (2-3) game, Leylah broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th game to win the set 6-4.

The Greek was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Fernandez converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 40-A), the 8^th (3-4 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Greek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5^th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fernandez won just 2 points more than the Greek (27-25). Leylah lost 10 points on serve (11-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Maria conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

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• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Alina CharaevaCharaeva (6-2 6-3)
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Suzan LamensLamens (6-3 6-1)
• Eva LysLys – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-2 6-1)
• Maya JointJoint – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (1-6 7-6⁵ 6-2)
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-2 1-0 ret.)
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Xinyu WangWang (4-6 6-3 6-4)
• Mccartney KesslerKessler – Cristina BucsaBucsa (3-6 7-5 6-3)

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