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Leylah Fernandez of Canada lost to Zheng Qinwen of China 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 in the third round of the Wuhan Open in China on Thursday, but she won her doubles match in straight sets. In the second round, Fernandez, from Laval, Quebec, defeated Shuai Zhang of China and Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-1, 6-0, partnering with Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia.
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Top-ranked Erin Routliffe of New Zealand and Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski have already guaranteed a trip to the quarterfinals.
In just over an hour, Coco Gauff defeated 17th-ranked Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-1 to move to the singles quarterfinals. Following her victory at the China Open last week, which put the fourth-ranked American back in the top five of the rankings, Gauff’s victory was her eighth straight on the WTA Tour’s Asian swing. Gauff won a lopsided match and increased her lead in their head-to-head series to 3-1 after firing two aces and breaking the Ukrainian’s
Gauff’s next opponent is Magda Linette, ranked No. 45, who defeated eighth-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-3, to continue her strong play this week. Regarding Linette, Gauff remarked, “Yeah, so she is a tough opponent,” “Since the 2021 U.S. Open, we have not participated. I have no idea what to anticipate. However, based only on her performance, she has been having a fantastic couple of matches in Wuhan.
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After the defeats of tour rookie Hailey Baptiste and third-ranked Jessica Pegula, Gauff will be the only American remaining in the draw. The 51st-ranked Wang Xinyu of China, who was powerful on service the entire time, defeated Pegula, the U.S. Open finalist, 6-3, 7-5, to advance to her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal.
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