Roland-Garros: Fernandez upsets 21st seed Linette to reach second round

Former US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez moved into the second round of Roland-Garros with an upset win over Poland’s Magda Linette, the No 21 seed and the Australian Open semi-finalist in January, in Paris on Sunday.

Fernandez, aged 20 and ranked No 51 in the world, won 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. The Canadian left-hander reached the quarter-finals in Paris here last year.

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A quarterfinalist last year, @leylahfernandez comes hot out of the gate downing No.21 seed Linette 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/MfVRwUq1LQ

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2023

Fernandez will play the winner of the match between Dane qualifier Clara Tauson and Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other first round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)

• Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (LL): 6-1, 6-4
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-0, 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-3, 6-2
• Iryna Shymanovich (Q) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech beat Shuai Zhang (29): 6-1, 6-1
• Storm Hunter (Q) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Nadia Podoroska beat Jessika Ponchet (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Ons Jabeur
• Selena Janicijevic vs. Oceane Dodin
• Olga Danilovic vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Petra Martic vs. Shelby Rogers
• Clara Burel vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Linda Noskova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Coco Gauff
• Arantxa Rus vs. Julia Grabher
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Diane Parry
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Lin Zhu vs. Lauren Davis
• Erika Andreeva vs. Emma Navarro
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Xinyu Wang vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Fiona Ferro
• Ylena In-Albon vs. Claire Liu
• Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Tereza Martincova
• Anna Blinkova vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
• Simona Waltert vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
• Petra Kvitova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Nao Hibino vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Xiyu Wang
• Peyton Stearns vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Martina Trevisan
• Tatjana Maria vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aliona Bolsova vs. Kristina Kucova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Maryna Zanevska
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dalma Galfi
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Alycia Parks
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Belinda Bencic
• Rebecca Marino vs. Diana Shnaider
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Sloane Stephens
• Catherine McNally vs. Ana Bogdan
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Bernarda Pera
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Madison Keys
• Kayla Day vs. Kristina Mladenovic
• Jule Niemeier vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Danielle Collins vs. Jessica Pegula
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katie Volynets
• Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Mayar Sherif vs. Madison Brengle
• Anna Bondar vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Sara Errani vs. Jil Teichmann
• Clara Tauson vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Alize Cornet vs. Camila Giorgi
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Kimberly Birrell

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