Tennis News: Canadian tennis player Leylah Annie Fernandez immediately stepped on the accelerator as she started the 1000-level WTA tournament, the Guadalajara Open 2023 season.
US Open finalist for the 2021 season, Annie Fernandez lost only four matches as she crushed American tennis player Asia Muhammad 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Guadalajara Open. This victory propelled the tennis player into the second round against 13th seed Elise Mertens, who won 7-6, 6-2 against her compatriot Yanina Wickmayer.
Annie Fernandez entered the tournament as world number 74, but has enjoyed consistent success at tournaments held in Mexico. He became consecutive champion in Monterrey in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, where he won the first title of his career, and was runner-up in Acapulco in the 2020 season.
In other action, Muhammad’s compatriot Taylor Townsend survived two hard-fought sets to beat Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6, 6-4 and booked a second-round match against fifth seed Belinda Bencic . The Swiss national won his only previous meeting in Charleston during the 2019 season.
2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens also got lucky after winning 7-5, 6-4 against compatriot Ann Li. Like Annie Fernandez, the American tennis player also aims to relive the happy memories she created in Guadalajara. She won the WTA level 250 tournament title at the same venue during the 2022 season.
In a match between two other American tennis players, Alycia Parks beat Lauren Davis with a convincing result 6-3, 6-2 and will challenge top seed Ons Jabeur in the second round of the Guadalajara Open.
Meanwhile, Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard earned her first victory in a WTA tournament since April this season by eliminating host tennis player Renata Zarazua 6-1, 7-6. She will face seventh seed Veronika Kudermetova in the second round. He will look to make it back-to-back wins for the first time since last fall in Chennai.
Spanish tennis player Cristina Bucsa scored the most dominant victory of the day by crushing French tennis player Kristina Mladenovic with a crushing result 6-0, 6-0. For a place in the third round, he will meet the 14th seed, Mayar Sherif or the Italian tennis player, Camila Giorgi.
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