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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and American partner Taylor Townsend advance at U.S. Open

Aug 30, 2023 | 3:33 PM

NEW YORK — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and her American partner Taylor Townsend have advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open’s women’s doubles tournament.

Fernandez and Townsend beat Olivia Center and Kate Fakih of the United States 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday.

The match took only an hour and one minute to play.

Fernandez, from Laval, Que., and Townsend won five of 12 break points.