Hong Kong Open: Fernandez through after top seed Azarenka retires
Leylah Fernandez benefited from the abandonment of Victoria Azarenka (2-6, 6-3) on Tuesday and will face Russian Mirra Andreeva in the next round
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez reached the second round of the Hong Kong Open when Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the top seed, retired.
Fernandez, ranked No 60, led 2-6, 6-3 when Azarenka, ranked No 19, pulled out on Tuesday afternoon.
The 21-year-old Canadian will play Russian Mirra Andreeva next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results:
- Daria Saville vs. Elise Mertens
- Sofya Lansere vs. Hong Yi Cody Wong
- Alina Korneeva vs. Valeria Savinykh
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Anna Danilina vs. Magdalena Frech
- Ho Ching Wu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Xinyu Wang vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Jana Fett: 6-0, 6-0
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
- Martina Trevisan (6) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-5, 6-2
- Anna Blinkova (5) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 2-6, 5-1 ret.
- Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 7-5, 7-5
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-4, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
