Qatar Open: Fernandez turns tables on Badosa to reach last 16
Leylah Fernandez won against Paula Badosa 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday. She’ll play Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Leylah Fernandez at the 2022 US Open in New York
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez beat Spanish wildcard Paula Badosa 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
Fernandez, ranked No 38, will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 5 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Canadian beat Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 12 seed (7-5, 7-6 (4)).
Badosa, ranked No 79, edged out American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.
Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Lin Zhu vs. Elena Rybakina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Petra Martic vs. Naomi Osaka
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Erika Andreeva vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: tuesday
- Danielle Collins vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
- Linda Noskova vs. Maria Sakkari: tuesday
- Xinyu Wang vs. Victoria Azarenka: tuesday
- Emma Navarro (16) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marta Kostyuk: 2-1 ret.
- Qinwen Zheng beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
- Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-1, 6-1
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