Canada's Leylah Fernandez advances to U.S. Open third round with three-set win
- Leylah Fernandez defeated Elsa Jacquemot 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round at the U.S. Open after losing the first set.
- Fernandez is the tournament's 31st seed and only won one service game in the first set, claiming 42 percent of first serve points.
- The match lasted two hours and 16 minutes, where Fernandez broke Jacquemot three times in the final sets.
- Leylah Fernandez will play world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round, having previously upset her in the 2021 U.S. Open.
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Leylah Fernandez advances to 3rd round at US Open - Asian Journal News
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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez advances to U.S. Open third round, will play Sabalenka
NEW YORK - Canada’s Leylah Fernandez rallied from one set down to defeat France's Elsa Jacquemot 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the women’s singles second round Wednesday night at the U.S. Open.

Canada's Leylah Fernandez advances to U.S. Open third round, will play Sabalenka
NEW YORK — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez rallied from one set down to defeat France's Elsa Jacquemot 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the women’s singles second round Wednesday night at the U.S. Open.


Canada's Leylah Fernandez advances to U.S. Open third round with three-set win
NEW YORK - Canada’s Leylah Fernandez rallied from one set down to defeat France's Elsa Jacquemot 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the women’s singles second round Wednesday night at the U.S. Open.
Although she was shoved in the first run, Leylah Annie Fernandez showed Elsa Jacquemot that she was the best player on the field.
Six years ago, Leylah Fernandez and Elsa Jacquemot had crossed in the quarterfinals of Roland-Garros, and the Canadian had crushed the French 6-0, 6-0, before going to raise the trophy a few days later (the Lyonnaise will do the same the following year). The two players of 23 and 22 years old grew up well, and this Wednesday they were fighting in the second round of the US Open. And it was still the Canadian who won, but on a much tighter score:…
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