Leylah Annie Fernandez didn’t have the results she expected in singles in Madrid but continued her winning streak in doubles on Monday.
The Quebecer and her partner, American Taylor Townsend, secured their ticket to the quarter-finals of this portion of the competition on clay. They also defeated Oksana Kalashnikova from Georgia and Yana Sizikova from Russia in straight sets 6:3 and 7:5.
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The winning duo managed six breaks in particular and only fell victim to this affront three times.
This is a second win for the Fernandez/Townsend duo, who caused quite an upset in the first round in Madrid by eliminating the second-seeded women in doubles.
The 20-year-old Montrealer had lost her flag in the 64th singles final, losing in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to 16-year-old Russia’s Mirra Andreeva.
In the quarterfinals, Fernandez and her teammate will face Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Czech Barbora Strycova.
As for the other Canadians in action in Madrid, Félix Auger-Aliassine and Denis Shapovalov are still in contention in men’s doubles. The Maple Leaf representatives meet the fourth-seeded team consisting of Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer and Salvadoran Marcelo Arévalo on Tuesday.
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