Leylah Annie Fernandez outlasts Zeynep Sonmez 6-7(2) 6-1 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Stuttgart on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Fernandez will play against Elena Rybakina in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes.
The Canadian added to her prize money € 14,745 after winning this match. She has already won € 30,435 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Canadian will add € 26,960 to her earnings to get in total € 57,395 in total.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Zeynep Sonmez Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:07
At the end of the match, Leylah scored 122 points vs. the Turk’s 114.
Fernandez
Leylah was pretty focused in converting 64% of the break points that she conquered (9/14).
Sonmez
On the other side, Zeynep was struggling when converting her break points (only 25% – 6/24). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Fernandez and Sonmez is 1-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Fernandez will fight against Rybakina in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Fernandez and Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Sonmez won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game, Sonmez broke back 3 times in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Zeynep failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
A defining moment of this set was when Zeynep won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 1-4 to 5-4.
Sonmez was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 7th (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Fernandez was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 5th (4-1 30-40), the 9th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40), the 12th (5-6 40-A) and the 14th game (5-7 30-40).
They played 110 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zeynep won just 2 points more than the Canadian (56-54). Zeynep dropped 25 points on serve (21-25). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 35 points on serve (29-35).
Fernandez was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Zeynep Sonmez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Leylah improved her lead after breaking the Turk in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The Canadian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
Fernandez converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Sonmez was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-2 30-40) and the 8th game (0-6 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 53 points. Fernandez conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Sonmez (32-21). Fernandez lost 12 points on serve (21-12). In addition, on the other side, the Turk conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
The Canadian won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (1-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Leylah broke back 3 times in the 8th (3-5), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-5.
Leylah failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 15.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Canadian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 1-5 to 5-5. Nonetheless also Sonmez won 4 consecutive games from 1-1 to 5-1
Tiebreak
The Canadian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 9th (4-5), 10th (5-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Turk won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 8th (5-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Fernandez converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (2-5 0-40 and 15-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40). The Canadian saved 2 set points when she was 3-5 and 4-5 down. Moreover, on the other side, Zeynep converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40).
They played 73 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Canadian won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Zeynep (36-37). Fernandez lost 18 points on serve (17-18). On the other side, the Turk conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
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