Bad Homburg Open: Fernandez beats Queen’s winner Maria in round one
Leylah Fernandez defeated Tatjana Maria 6-0, 7-6 (1) on Sunday afternoon. She’ll play second seed Jasmine Paolini in the next round
Leylah Fernandez – Action Plus / Panoramic
Canadian Leylah Fernandez moved into the second round of the Bad Homburg Open by defeating German wildcard Tatjana Maria 6-0, 7-6 (1) at the Bad Homburg vor der Höhe on Sunday afternoon.
Fernandez, ranked No 30, will play second seed Jasmine Paolini next.
Bad Homburg WTA 500, other first-round results (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Xinyu Wang vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Laura Siegemund
- Naomi Osaka vs. Olga Danilovic
- Donna Vekic vs. Diana Shnaider
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Belinda Bencic
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Linda Noskova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Clara Tauson
- Elina Svitolina vs. Elise Mertens
- Emma Navarro (5) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (WC) beat Yulia Putintseva: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
