Roland-Garros: Fernandez upsets 21st seed Linette to reach second round
The Canadian will face the winner of the match between Dane qualifier Clara Tauson and Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the next round
Former US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez moved into the second round of Roland-Garros with an upset win over Poland’s Magda Linette, the No 21 seed and the Australian Open semi-finalist in January, in Paris on Sunday.
Fernandez, aged 20 and ranked No 51 in the world, won 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. The Canadian left-hander reached the quarter-finals in Paris here last year.
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A quarterfinalist last year, @leylahfernandez comes hot out of the gate downing No.21 seed Linette 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/MfVRwUq1LQ
Fernandez will play the winner of the match between Dane qualifier Clara Tauson and Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)
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- Elise Mertens (28) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (LL): 6-1, 6-4
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-3, 6-2
- Iryna Shymanovich (Q) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1
- Magdalena Frech beat Shuai Zhang (29): 6-1, 6-1
- Storm Hunter (Q) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Nadia Podoroska beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ons Jabeur
- Selena Janicijevic vs. Oceane Dodin
- Olga Danilovic vs. Kateryna Baindl
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
- Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Linda Noskova vs. Danka Kovinic
- Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Coco Gauff
- Arantxa Rus vs. Julia Grabher
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Diane Parry
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
- Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Xinyu Wang vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Rebecca Peterson vs. Fiona Ferro
- Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Tereza Martincova
- Anna Blinkova vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
- Simona Waltert vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Petra Kvitova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Nao Hibino vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xiyu Wang
- Peyton Stearns vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Elina Svitolina vs. Martina Trevisan
- Tatjana Maria vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Aliona Bolsova vs. Kristina Kucova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Maryna Zanevska
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Dalma Galfi
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Alycia Parks
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Belinda Bencic
- Rebecca Marino vs. Diana Shnaider
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Sloane Stephens
- Catherine McNally vs. Ana Bogdan
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Bernarda Pera
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Madison Keys
- Kayla Day vs. Kristina Mladenovic
- Jule Niemeier vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Danielle Collins vs. Jessica Pegula
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katie Volynets
- Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Mayar Sherif vs. Madison Brengle
- Anna Bondar vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Sara Errani vs. Jil Teichmann
- Clara Tauson vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Alize Cornet vs. Camila Giorgi
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Kimberly Birrell