By Canadian Press

Canada’s Fernandez ousted in third round of Miami Open by American Pegula

Mar 24, 2024 | 1:00 PM

MIAMI — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez fell 7-5, 6-4 to Jessica Pegula of the United States in third-round action at the Miami Open on Sunday.

The Laval, Que., native committed four double faults, won 58.6 per cent of her first-serve points and broke on three of her nine opportunities. Each player had one ace.

Pegula — ranked fifth in the world — only had one double fault and won 70.5 per cent of her first-serve points, while breaking on five of her 13 chances. 

The 35th-ranked Fernandez advanced after a 6-4, 6-2 second-round win over Colombia’s Emiliana Arango on Saturday.

In women’s doubles action, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe defeated Japan’s Miyu Kato and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi 6-4, 6-4 in second-round play.

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On the men’s side, Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., will face Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi in a third-round match later Sunday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 24, 2024.

The Canadian Press

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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez returns to Kazakstan’s Elena Rybakina during the Qatar Open quarter-final in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Fernandez fell 7-5, 6-4 to Jessica Pegula of the United States in third-round action at the Miami Open on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hussein Sayed

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