Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 on Thursday to eliminate her from the Wuhan Open tennis tournament.
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 level the set at 4-4, but Ostapenko won against serve in the next game and then served out the match.
The win gave Ostapenko a 2-0 record against Fernandez. She will next face Russia’s Diana Shnaider 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 downed 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 quarter-finals.