The Canadian Leylah Fernandez dishonorably destroyed the Spaniards Sara Sorribes (6-1 and 6-1)in the presentation of the same grass season, in the contest of Birmingham.
The North American, a finalist at the US Open in 2021, took an hour to win for the third time in four matches against the Spaniard, who scored just two games.
Sorribes, who only beat Fernandez last year, at the Madrid tournament, on clay, blamed the surface change.
Leylah Fernandez, sixth seed, will play the winner of the match between Colombian Maria Osorio and Swiss Viktorija Golubic.
The current champion, the Latvian, was left out of the tournament. Jelena Ostapenkofirst favourite, overtaken by a double 6-3 for Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto. The transalpine will play with the American Sloane Stephenswho got the same score against the Chinese Yue Yuan.
The tournament in Birmingham was also left without the third seed, the Romanian Sorana CirsteaChina lost Lin Zhu of 7-6(2) and 6-2. Will play against Australian Alja Tomljanovicwho won her match against Russian Anna Blinkova 6-2 and 6-1.
The Russian also won his first match in the tournament Anastasia Potapovawho defeated her compatriot Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 6-4 to face the Italian Lucia Bronzettiwho ousted Polish Magdalena Frech from the return event, 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
Source: La Verdad
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