By Canadian Press

Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez advances to second round at WTA Tour event

Jun 15, 2021 | 8:05 AM

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez is heading to the second round of the Viking Classic Birmingham.

Fernandez, from Laval, Que., beat China’s Wang Yafan in the first round of the WTA Tour 250 grass-court event on Tuesday.

The 66th-ranked Fernandez won 76.1 per cent of points when she got her first serve in, well above her opponent’s rate (57.5 per cent).

It was Fernandez’s first match of the grass-court season. She lost in the second round of the French Open.

Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was scheduled to play his first-round match at the Halle Open in Germany on Tuesday, while Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., was slated to play his opener at the Cinch Championships in London.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 15, 2021.

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