Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, returns the ball to Mananchaya Sawangkaew, of Thailand, during their second round match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday in New York.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez moved on to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., who entered the Grand Slam ranked No. 33 in the world, won six of her eight break-point chances and took match point with an ace.
Fernandez, the U.S. Open runner-up in 2021, will next face third seed Jessica Pegula of the United States.
Pegula is 3-1 against Fernandez, including a hard-court win earlier this year in the third round of the Miami Open.
Later Wednesday, Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces France’s Luca Van Assche in a men’s second-round match.
Men’s third seed Félix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal is scheduled to face Russia’s Karen Khachanov in a second-round match Thursday.
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