Fernandez battles into Cincinnati second round
Leylah Fernandez needed three sets to defat Yue Yuan on Wednesday in Cincinnati. Elena Rybakina is next up for the Canadian.

Canadian Leylah Fernandez defeated China’s Yue Yuan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday afternoon.
Fernandez, ranked No 27, will play No 4 seed Elena Rybakina next.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round results:
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Magdalena Frech
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Emma Navarro vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Karolina Muchova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Xinyu Wang
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: wednesday
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Taylor Townsend: wednesday
- Anna Kalinskaya (13) beat Katerina Siniakova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Paula Badosa beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-2, 7-5
- Diana Shnaider beat Shuai Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Yulia Putintseva beat Harriet Dart (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
- Magda Linette beat Katie Boulter: 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-4, 6-2
- Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Donna Vekic (16): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
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