Wuhan Open: Fernandez ousts Shnaider in first round
Leylah Fernandez won against Diana Shnaider in three sets on Monday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Karolina Muchova and Moyuka Uchijima in the next round
Leylah Fernandez at the 2023 National Bank Open
Canadian Leylah Fernandez moved into the second round of the Wuhan Open by winning against Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 12 seed, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3 at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Monday.
Fernandez, ranked No 28, will play the winner of the match between Karolina Muchova and Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima next.
Wuhan WTA 1000, other first-round results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Sofia Kenin vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
- Karolina Muchova vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Camila Osorio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katie Boulter
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Shuai Zhang
- Alexandra Eala vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Elise Mertens vs. Donna Vekic
- Mai Hontama vs. Magdalena Frech
- Xinyu Wang vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Diane Parry vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Bernarda Pera vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Erika Andreeva
- Yue Yuan vs. Clara Burel
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Katie Volynets
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (7), 6-2
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