Leila Fernandez of Canada lost 7-6 (4) 6-1 to Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil in the second round of the women's singles tournament at the National Bank Open . 118} Eliminated. on wednesday.
Fernandez, the 13th seed in Toronto, will play in her first tournament after her two-month layoff to recover from a stress fracture in her right leg sustained at the French Open. was doing.
Fernandez put up a lot of fighting in her first set, but she grew increasingly exhausted in the face of her opponent's powerful attacks, which gradually increased her confidence. It looked like
After her strong start, Fernandez gave up the first break of her match and she led 3-2 in the first set.
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Montreal Leylah Fernandez of Brazil lost 7-6(4) 6-1 to Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil in the second round of the National Bank Open in Toronto on Wednesday.
Her Haddad Maia, who led 5-4, scored her fourth ace in the match and scored her points in the set. However, Fernandez converted her first break point to tie the set after saving and taking the score to deuce.
Haddad Maia regained the lead in the next game, eventually putting her fourth break point chance of the game up to her 6-5.
However, the Brazilian was unable to finish the set. Haddah her Maia double fault set Fernandez double her break her points and the Canadian forced a tie break after a long rally with another point.
After Fernandez saved her point for another set, Haddad Maia scored it with a powerful backhand to end the short rally.
Haddad Mire picked up momentum in the second set, converting an early break into her 3-0 lead.
In her second break of her set, Haddad Maia led her to 5-1, before serving in the final game to win the match.
In the women's doubles, Fernandez and his sister Bianca Jolie joined the 8th-seeded duo Alexa Guaraci and Andreja Crepac . }. Slovenia on Wednesday.
No. 1 Swiatek Advances to Round 3
Haddad Maia next faces her world No. 1, Iga Swiatek. Qualifier Adjla Tomljanovic.
Swiatek extended her hardcourt winning streak to 20 games, beating Tomljanovic in just her 1 hour and 4 minutes.
The Polish star connected on 26 of her points on 37 returns and made 6 of her chances of breaking points on 9 (70.3%).
Back on the winning path 🙌<br><br>🇵🇱 <a href="https://twitter.com/iga_swiatek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iga_swiatek</a> Beat Tomljanovic Forward Toronto best 16.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBO22?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBO22</a> <a href="https://t.co/nm7L83zdw0">pic.twitter.com/nm7L83zdw0</a>
—@WTAIn other early results, No. 10 seed Coco Gauff (USA) beat Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-7(8), 7-6(3) to defend. Italy's Camila Giorgi, champion of Italy, beat Belgium's Elise Mertens 6-3, 7-5.
Mississauga, Ontario's Bianca Andreescu was scheduled to face the last Canadian player in the singles draw in the final on Center Court. France's Alizee Cornetto. Serena Williams retired in the finals of the 2019 tournament, won by Andreescu. Last playing in Toronto, Grand Slam winner of Williams 23. Retired after US Open
<a href="https://twitter.com/serenawilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@serenawilliams</a> practices for tonight's match against Belinda Bencic. 👀<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBO22?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBO22</a> <a href="https://t.co/mTdJPjSDqJ">pic.twitter.com/mTdJPjSDqJ</a>
—@NBOtorontoKyrgios beat Medvedev Paul upsets Alcaraz
Australia's Nick Kyrgios beat top seed and defending champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia 6-7 (2) at the National Bank Open on Wednesday. ) broke 6-4 6-2
The player held serve in the first 12 games.
The 37th-ranked Krygios last won an ATP Tour title.
When Medvedev won in Los Cabos, Mexico. won a week in Washington.
8️⃣ ONE PER YEAR 🙌<br><br>Take a bow,<a href="https://twitter.com/NickKyrgios?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NickKyrgios</a>!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OBN22?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OBN22</a> <a href="https://t.co/eOEWJGbv9b">pic.twitter.com/eOEWJGbv9b</a>
—@TennisTV
formerly, United States 's Tommy Paul delivered the first big upset of the tournament with a 6-7 win over second-seeded Spain's Carlos Alcalaz (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3.
Paul, ranked 34th in the world, saved the match ball in the tiebreaker to earn his fifth match point in the final set, the round match lasting 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Debuting in Canada, Alcaraz fell 15-3 in the Masters 1000 tournament this season. In the result, Norway's fourth seed Kasparud beat Slovakia's Alex Molkán 7-6 (3) 6-3, while Poland's eighth seed Hubert Harkacz beat Finland's Emil Rusvuori. broke the 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2.Spain's No. 14 seed Roberto Bautista Agut beat Amell. ican Jenson Brooksby 7-5 6-1 and Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta defeated Denmark's Holger Loon 6-0 6-3.
Montreal's sixth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime was scheduled to face Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka on the night. Auger-Aliassime is the only Canadian player to make it into the 56-man singles draw.
In the men's doubles play, Italy's Jannik Sinner and Vernon, British Columbia native Vasek Pospisil were set to face the French duo of Benjamin Bonzi and Gaël Monfils.
Clive Harper and Liam Drax, from Calgary, Newmarket, Ontario, were due to meet Simone Borrelli and Fabio Fognini from Italy.
With $6.57 million in prize money, the tournament continues until Sunday.
