By Canadian Press

Canadian teen Leylah Fernandez ousted in U.S. Open girls’ quarterfinals

Sep 7, 2018 | 12:00 PM

NEW YORK — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez’s U.S. Open run ended in the girls’ quarterfinals. 

The 15-year-old from Montreal lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to No. 4 seed Maria Camila Osorio Serrano of Colombia on Friday.

Osorio Serrano converted on four of seven break-point opportunities.

Earlier Friday, Fernandez, the No. 8 seed, beat Taisya Pachkaleva of Russia 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the completion of a suspended third-round match.

The big statistical difference was on second serve where Fernandez won 63 per cent of her points, as opposed to just 35 per cent for the unseeded Pachkaleva.

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Fernandez reached the semifinals of the French Open earlier this year.

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