HONG KONG — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is moving on to the semifinal of the Hong Kong Open following a 6-1, 7-6 (9) win over American Bernarda Pera on Friday.
Fernandez, the tournament’s third seed, recorded eight aces and won 73 per cent of her first serves in a match that lasted 91 minutes on centre court at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre.
The Canadian converted three of six break points while the ninth-seeded Pera managed to convert just one of six.
Fernandez, of Laval, Que., will next meet top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia.
Shnaider beat unseeded Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 in Friday’s other quarterfinal.
It’s Fernandez’s first semifinal appearance since reaching the final of the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England, in June.
HONG KONG — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is moving on to the semifinal of the Hong Kong Open following a 6-1, 7-6 (9) win over American Bernarda Pera on Friday.
