Strasbourg Open: Fernandez into last 16
Leylah Fernandez won against Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Sunday and will face the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 5 seed, and Barbora Krejcikova in the next round
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez beat Russian Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Sunday.
Fernandez, ranked No 34, will play the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 5 seed, and Barbora Krejcikova next.
Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):
- Emma Navarro vs. Alize Cornet
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Xinyu Wang vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Magda Linette vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Diane Parry vs. Elina Svitolina
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: sunday
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