Fernandez battles into Cincinnati second round

Leylah Fernandez needed three sets to defat Yue Yuan on Wednesday in Cincinnati. Elena Rybakina is next up for the Canadian.

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Cincinnati Open •Second round • completed
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez defeated China’s Yue Yuan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday afternoon.

Fernandez, ranked No 27, will play No 4 seed Elena Rybakina next.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round results:

  • Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina
  • Marie Bouzkova vs. Magdalena Frech
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
  • Emma Navarro vs. Mirra Andreeva
  • Karolina Muchova vs. Dayana Yastremska
  • Liudmila Samsonova vs. Xinyu Wang
  • Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: wednesday
  • Caroline Dolehide vs. Taylor Townsend: wednesday
  • Anna Kalinskaya (13) beat Katerina Siniakova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
  • Paula Badosa beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-2, 7-5
  • Diana Shnaider beat Shuai Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
  • Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-4, 7-5
  • Yulia Putintseva beat Harriet Dart (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
  • Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
  • Magda Linette beat Katie Boulter: 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
  • Elina Svitolina beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
  • Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
  • Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-4, 6-2
  • Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Donna Vekic (16): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2
  • Lulu Sun (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
  • Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
  • Karolina Pliskova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
  • Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)

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