Canadian Leylah Fernandez stuns Haddad Maia to reach Round of 16 in Montreal Via zababes1
Haddad Maia double-faulted on break point to give Fernandez a 3-1 lead in the second set but the Canadian returned the favour in the next game. Fernandez had a match point with the Brazilian serving at 4-5 but an unforced error by Fernandez let Haddad Maia off the hook and she broke Fernandez at love for a 6-5 lead. The Canadian contributed to her demise in that portion of the match with three unforced errors.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek overcame the wind and a formidable opponent to win her first match. She defeated former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova of Czechia, 7-6, 6-2, to set up a rematch of the French Open final against 14th-seeded Karolina Muchova, who defeated Sorana Cirstea of Romania 7-5, 6-4..Swiatek said she hoped to take advantage of what she learned from her three-set win in Paris but noted:: “It’s a different surface and different stage of the tournament and different pressure.
Added Swiatek: “I think we have to be ready for the next match and expect that anything can happen because tennis can be pretty unpredictable. You know, one player can have a bad day. At the same time, the other one can play the best tennis of their life. Because of that, it’s kind of pointless to come back and overanalyze everything.
Wozniacki, a former No 1, took time off to have two children and was playing her first tournament in more than three years. Jennifer Brady, who missed more than 18 months with foot and knee problems, pushed third-seeded Elena Rybakina to three sets before losing 6-7, 7-6, 6-3
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