Birmingham Open: Fernandez moves into last 16
Leylah Fernandez defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1, 6-1 on Monday evening and will face the winner of the match between Colombian qualifier Camila Osorio and Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic in the next round
Leylah Fernandez 2024 – Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 6 seed, beat Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1, 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the Birmingham Open at Edgbaston Priory Club on Monday evening.
Fernandez, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Colombian qualifier Camila Osorio and Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
- Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Harriet Dart
- Heather Watson vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Daria Saville vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elise Mertens
- Camila Osorio vs. Viktorija Golubic: monday
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-1
- Lin Zhu beat Sorana Cirstea (3): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Jelena Ostapenko (1): 6-3, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 6-3
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
