{"id":2827,"date":"2024-11-08T09:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T09:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2024-11-08T09:07:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T09:07:28","slug":"2827-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2827","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Canada\u2019s Leylah Fernandez advances to semifinal at Hong Kong Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

HONG KONG \u2014 Canada\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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Fernandez, the tournament\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

The Canadian converted three of six break points while the ninth-seeded Pera managed to convert just one of six.<\/p>\n

Fernandez, of Laval, Que., will next meet top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shnaider beat unseeded Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 in Friday\u2019s other quarterfinal.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s Fernandez\u2019s first semifinal appearance since reaching the final of the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England, in June.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HONG KONG \u2014 Canada\u2019s 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\u2019s third seed, recorded eight aces and won 73 per cent of her first serves in a match that lasted 91 minutes on centre 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