Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime have advanced to the fourth round of the French Open.
Fernandez, a 19-year-old Montreal native, outlasted Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 on the main court at Roland Garros on Friday.
The 17th-seeded Fernandez broke Bencic in the 11th game of the deciding set and served out the match. She had saved two set points in the opener. Fernandez next faces 20-year-old American Amanda Anisimova, who reached the Roland Garros semifinals in 2019. Fernandez and Anisimova have played each other only once before on the WTA Tour at Indian Wells in March, when the American abruptly retired after losing a second-set tiebreak.“I think it's great for the sport,” she said of the youthful matchup. “We can bring more young fans to tennis … to enjoy the matches and hopefully they can pick up a tennis racket.
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