WUHAN, China — Leylah Fernandez of Canada was eliminated from the Wuhan Open on Thursday, falling 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko.
Ostapenko dominated the first set and won the opening game of the second. Fernandez then reeled off six straight games to get back into the match.
Ostapenko regained control with a break in a nine-minute game to go up 3-2 in the third set. Fernandez broke back to tie it at 4-4, but Ostapenko won against serve in the next game and then served out the match.
The win improved Ostapenko to 2-0 against Fernandez. She will face Russia’s Diana Shnaider next at the WTA 1000 event.
Dabrowski and Stefani Advance in Doubles
In round-of-16 doubles action, the top-seeded team of Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani defeated Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and American Quinn Gleason 6-1, 6-3.
Dabrowski and Stefani will face Mexico’s Giuliana Olmos and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel in Friday’s quarterfinals.