Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez reached the round of 16 of the Indian Wells tournament on Monday, defeating American Shelby Rogers 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
The 18th place of the tournament took 1 hour and 28 minutes to surpass the 49th player in the world in the first match she offered herself.
It was the first time in three games that he had the upper hand against Rogers.
After collapsing in the second set, Fernandez had quite a bit of the third set, gaining at one point 17 consecutive points on her serve.
Lavalloise are currently making a seven-game winning streak after winning the Monterrey tournament last week.
“Shelby is a very good player and he serves well. “I was able to execute at some important points and keep the ball in the game, remaining aggressive,” Fernandez concluded.
Fernandez will have enough mandate in her next meeting, as she will be in opposition to the defending champion, the Spaniard Paula Badosa, who has never lost in the tournament in California.
Badosa, fifth, triumphed at Indian Wells last year to lift the second WTA trophy of his career.
Shapovalov picks things up
Earlier Monday, Fernandez’s compatriot Denis Shapovalov was eliminated in the third round.
In the aftermath of the surprise defeat of Félix Auger-Aliassime by the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, Shapovalov left the set lead to zero before losing 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 to the American giant Reilly Opelka. .
Against an opponent known for the power of his serve, Shapovalov dominated aces, 12 against 11. On the other hand, he made 10 double faults in only one on Opelka’s side.
Shapovalov, who said goodbye directly in the second round, gave himself more break chances than his opponent. However, Opelka saved all four break points he faced.
In addition, the American was able to take advantage of two of his three opportunities for break. First broke the Canadian serve in the third game of the second set, Opelka repeated the blow to Shapovalov in the opening game of the decisive set.
It was the second career meeting between Shapovalov and Opelka. In January, in the third round of the Australian Open, Shapovalov won four sets.
