After reaching the quarter-finals in Abu Dhabi final week, Leylah Annie Fernandez is thru to spherical two on the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha, the primary WTA 1000 event of the 2025 season.
On Sunday, the Canadian made fast work of Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen 6-1, 6-2. Fernandez was good taking part in break factors within the match, each on serve and when returning. She saved the 5 break factors she confronted whereas serving and transformed the 5 break factors she earned because of a powerful return recreation.
Within the second spherical, Fernandez will face eighth-seeded American Emma Navarro who benefited from a gap spherical bye. Fernandez has gained two of the three earlier matches between the 2 gamers together with their final assembly two years in the past in Guadalajara. In 2024, the 22-year-old reached the Doha quarter-finals thanks to a few spectacular victories over Liudmila Samsonova, Paula Badosa, and Qinwen Zheng.
In the meantime, recent off their run to the semi-finals of the Australian Open, Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe are the highest seeds in doubles and await the winner of the match pitting Individuals Ashlyn Krueger and Jessica Pegula towards Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in spherical two.
Extra Canadians in Motion
Gabriel Diallo returns to the ATP Tour this week after representing Canada in Davis Cup on the Delray Seashore Open in Florida. He’ll tackle Arthur Rinderknech of France in his first match on the ATP 250 occasion. Alexis Galarneau is on the ATP Challenger Tour in Bahrain.
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For her half, Marina Stakusic will play the WTA 125 Cancun Tennis Open in Mexico and Stacey Fung is within the draw on the ITF Ladies’s World Tour event in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
In Case You Missed It: Denis’ Magical Efficiency in Dallas
It was every week to recollect for Denis Shapovalov on the Dallas Open in Texas because the 25-year-old the second ATP 500 ultimate of his profession after dispatching of two High 10 gamers, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, in addition to Miomir Kecmanovic and Tomas Mahac.
Below the Radar
Along with Shapovalov’s run in Dallas, Rebecca Marino additionally reached the semi-finals of the WTA 125 event in Mumbai. Plus, Juan Carlos Aguilar took dwelling the doubles title on the M15 ITF occasion in Dawn, Florida alongside Taha Baadi. The third-seeded pair defeated the American duo of Keshav Chopra and Andres Martin 7-5, 4-6, 10-4 within the championship match. It’s Aguilar’s third doubles crown of the season and sixteenth of his profession on the ITF Males’s World Tennis Tour.
You may observe the Canadians in motion each week right here.
