Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is thru to the third spherical of the Cincinnati Open after upsetting Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina on Thursday.
Fernandez rallied to beat the fourth-seeded Rybakina 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4.
Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, fired 20 aces but in addition dedicated 17 double faults. Fernandez had 5 aces with 13 double faults.
Fernandez will tackle Russia’s Diana Shnaider within the subsequent spherical after she beat Ashlyn Krueger in straight units.
The 21-year-old from Laval, Que., additionally bounced again to beat China’s Yue Yuan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 throughout her opening-round match Wednesday.
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime performs seventh-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway within the second spherical of males’s motion on Thursday night.
