Roland-Garros: Fernandez eases past Wang to move into third round
Leylah Fernandez won against Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Leylah Fernandez – Michael Baucher / Panoramic
Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by beating Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-4 in Paris.
Fernandez, ranked No 34, will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, next.
The 21-year-old Canadian won against French wildcard Jessika Ponchet (6-2, 6-0) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Wang, ranked No 61, defeated Zhuoxuan Bai (7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3).
Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Bernarda Pera
- Sara Errani vs. Emma Navarro
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Noskova
- Ana Bogdan vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Anna Blinkova
- Jana Fett vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: thursday
- Elise Mertens vs. Petra Martic: thursday
- Madison Keys vs. Mayar Sherif: thursday
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson: thursday
- Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-2, 6-1
- Katie Volynets vs. Marketa Vondrousova: thursday
- Elina Svitolina (15) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic: thursday
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-3, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Paula Badosa beat Yulia Putintseva: 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-0
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Chloe Paquet: thursday
- Donna Vekic beat Marta Kostyuk (18): 7-5, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-2, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Naomi Osaka: 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur beat Camila Osorio: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin beat Caroline Garcia (21): 6-3, 6-3
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