Canadian Leylah Fernandez, seeded sixth at the WTA 500 tournament in Singapore, beat Japan's Kyōka Okamura 6-2, 6-3 in the first round to advance to the second round. The tournament is played on hard court, and the prize money totals $1,2 million. According to api.tennis, the match lasted 138 minutes.
Fernandez won the first set 6-2. In the second set, Okamura took one more game, but that set also went to the Canadian, 6-3. The final set score was 2:0.
What the numbers show
Fernandez converted 5 of 22 break points, while Okamura converted 2 of 13. The Canadian had 4 aces to none for her opponent, with Fernandez making 7 double faults and Okamura 4. On first serve, Fernandez won 32 points on 53 first serves, while Okamura won 26 on 52. In total, Fernandez won 91 points in the match, Okamura 74.
This match was the start of Fernandez's title run. She then beat Alicia Parks (6-4, 6-3), Mirra Andreeva (6-2, 7-5) and Maya Chwalińska (1-6, 6-4, 6-2), and in the final defeated Talia Gibson 7-5, 6-0. The Canadian dropped only one set in the tournament, in the semifinal. According to rank.tennis, Fernandez is ranked 26th with 1894 points. The meeting with Okamura remains the only one in their head-to-head history.