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Canada's Leylah Fernandez Upsets Top Seed Jessica Pegula in Third Round of Citi Open
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUL 24 – Fernandez capitalized on break points to defeat Pegula 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 in a 2-hour, 19-minute match, advancing to face Taylor Townsend in the quarterfinals.
- On Thursday, Leylah Fernandez upset top seed Jessica Pegula 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 at the Citi Open in Washington, advancing to the quarterfinals.
- The Laval, Que., native converted two of five break-point opportunities, while she served five aces and nine double faults in a two-hour, 19-minute contest.
- Pegula, top-seeded American, broke Fernandez's serve on three of seven chances, and she aced twice and made four double faults.
- She will next face American Taylor Townsend in the quarterfinals, with the match set for Friday.
- Earlier, Montreal's Gabriel Diallo lost 6-3, 6-2 to fourth seed Ben Shelton, who fired 16 aces and won 86% of his service points.
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Leylah Fernandez has now revealed the mid-match advice she received from her coach, which helped her to knock Jessica Pegula out of the Washington Open. It was an inspired, battling performance from the Canadian, who had to overcome a solid fightback from her opponent after taking the first set. Conceding the second set, the 22-year-old would have been justified had she struggled to regain her momentum for the decider. However, she did anything …
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