Abierto Tampico: Fernandez makes last 8
Leylah Fernandez won against Xiaodi You 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday night and will play Canadian Rebecca Marino, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 3 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Abierto Tampico by beating Chinese Xiaodi You 6-3, 6-2 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Thursday night.
Fernandez, ranked No 40, will play Canadian Rebecca Marino, the No 8 seed, next.
In the previous round, the 20-year-old Canadian won against American Elizabeth Mandlik (7-6 (8), 6-2).
You, ranked No 271, defeated German Anna-Lena Friedsam (7-6 (4), 6-4) in the previous round.
Tampico WTA 125, other second-round results (Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Magdalena Frech vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Elise Mertens vs. Ashlyn Krueger: thursday
- Magda Linette (5) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-3, 7-5
- Rebecca Marino beat Moyuka Uchijima: 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 6-3
- Lin Zhu (6) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-1, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Marie Bouzkova (2): 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Camila Osorio (7) beat Eva Vedder: 6-3, 6-2
