Canadian tennis star Fernandez wins singles, doubles matches in Paris

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 8:49 AM CDT Monday, Jul. 29, 2024 Last Modified: 2:27 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 29, 2024

PARIS - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was a double winner on the clay courts of Roland Garros on Monday.

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PARIS - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was a double winner on the clay courts of Roland Garros on Monday.

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PARIS – Canada’s Leylah Fernandez was a double winner on the clay courts of Roland Garros on Monday.

The 16th-seeded Fernandez, from Laval, Que., advanced to the third round of the women’s singles tennis competition at the Paris Olympics with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Spain’s Cristina Busca on Monday.

The Canadian, who will next face Germany’s Angelique Kerber, broke Busca seven times on 14 chances in a match where both players struggled to hold serve. Busca converted five of her eight break-point opportunities.

Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the third round of the women's singles tennis competition at the Paris Olympics with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Spain's Cristina Busca on Monday. Fernandez is shown at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mosa'ab Elshamy

Fernandez later teamed with Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski to record a 6-1, 7-5 (5) win over France’s Clara Burel and Varvara Gracheva in women’s doubles. The Canadian duo will next meet the winner of a Tuesday match between neutral athletes Mira Andreeva and Diana Shnaider and Australians Olivia Gadecki and Ajla Tomljanovic.

In other action, Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., had her Olympic debut come to an end with a 6-3, 6-4 loss to Croatia’s Donna Vekic in the second round.

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Milos Raonic were eliminated from men’s doubles play on Monday with a tough first-round 7-6 (14), 6-4 loss to third-seeded Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.