Hong Kong Open: Fernandez moves into second round
Leylah Fernandez defeated Heather Watson 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday and will face Australian Kimberly Birrell in the next round
Leylah Fernandez in Wuhan (Imago/Panoramic)
Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open by beating Heather Watson 6-2, 6-2 at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.
Fernandez, ranked No 32, will play Australian Kimberly Birrell next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Su Jeong Jang vs. Anastasia Zakharova: tuesday
- Sofia Kenin beat Mei Yamaguchi (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Kimberly Birrell beat Ana Bogdan: 6-3, 6-4
- Varvara Gracheva (7) beat Tatiana Prozorova (Q): 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Diana Shnaider (1) beat Kyoka Okamura (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Cristina Bucsa (8) beat Hong Yi Cody Wong (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Katie Boulter (2) beat Aoi Ito: 6-4, 6-4
- Nao Hibino beat Jia-Jing Lu (LL): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5
- Suzan Lamens beat Xinyu Gao (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Jessika Ponchet beat Xinyu Wang (4): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Yue Yuan (6) beat Simona Halep (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Han Shi (Q) beat Margarita Gasparyan: 6-4, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Hina Inoue (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Bernarda Pera (9) beat Sara Saito: 6-4, 6-4
- Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 6-3, 6-4
