Canada's Leylah Fernandez overcame 20 aces and saved two match points before beating fourth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 in second-round action Thursday at the Cincinnati Open.
Leylah Annie Fernandez - The Canadian PressCINCINNATI — Canada's Leylah Fernandez overcame 20 aces and saved two match points before beating fourth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4 in second-round action Thursday at the Cincinnati Open.
But Fernandez, from Laval, Que., came back to get the break and win the ensuing tiebreaker, then didn't face break point in the third set as she closed out the match in two hours 35 minutes.
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