Canada’s Leylah Fernandez powers past Lys to reach Hong Kong quarterfinals

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HONG KONG - Leylah Fernandez advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Germany’s Eva Lys on Wednesday.

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HONG KONG – Leylah Fernandez advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Germany’s Eva Lys on Wednesday.

The tournament’s second seed won 73 per cent of her first-serve points and broke Lys four times in the 68-minute match.

Fernandez, of Laval, Que., finished with three aces, one double fault and won five straight games to close out the match.

Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a backhand return to Coco Gauff of the United States during a women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center, in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a backhand return to Coco Gauff of the United States during a women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center, in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

The victory was her seventh in her past eight matches, a stretch that includes her Japan Open title earlier this month.

Fernandez, 23, will next face seventh-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania.

Fellow Canadian Victoria Mboko, the No. 3 seed, plays Alexandra Eala of the Philippines on Thursday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 29, 2025.

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