Canada’s Leylah Fernandez Ousted in Second Round of China Open
Kamilla Rakhimova won 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 and advanced after converting 5 of 11 break points in a 2-hour 32-minute match.
- On Saturday, Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan upset 23rd-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada at the China Open in Beijing, securing a second-round victory in three sets.
- Fernandez, ranked 26th globally, entered the tournament following her sixth career WTA victory at the Singapore Open, while Rakhimova holds a world ranking of 76th.
- Rakhimova converted five of 11 break points to the Canadian's two of four and generated 63 per cent on second-serve points to the Canadian's 33 per cent during the two-hour 32-minute match.
- This victory marks Rakhimova's fourth career win over a top-30 ranked player and her second such upset in five weeks following her defeat of Barbora Krejcikova at the U.S. Open.
- The loss halts momentum for the Laval, Que., native as Rakhimova advances from the China Open after the three-set battle concluded 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
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The Toronto Star
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez ousted in second round of China Open
BEIJING - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was ousted from the China Open women's tennis tournament with a three-set loss to Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan on Saturday.
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada's Leylah Fernandez ousted in second round of China Open
BEIJING - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was ousted from the China Open women's tennis tournament with a three-set loss to Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan on Saturday.
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez falls early at China Open
It won’t be two straight tournament victories for Leylah Fernandez. The Canadian’s five-match win streak came to a halt on Saturday in China when she fell 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova in the Round of 64. Fernandez was coming off a late-September triumph at the Singapore Open in which she ousted a pair of top-five seeds in Mirra Andreeva and Maja Chwalinska. But the Montreal native failed to keep the momentum going in Beijing d…
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