Strasbourg Open: Potapova edged out by Fernandez
Leylah Fernandez beat Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Sunday and will face the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 5 seed, and Barbora Krejcikova in the next round
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez advanced to the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Sunday.
Fernandez, ranked No 34, will face the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 5 seed, and Barbora Krejcikova next.
Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):
- Emma Navarro vs. Alize Cornet
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Xinyu Wang vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Magda Linette vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Diane Parry vs. Elina Svitolina
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: sunday
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