Canada’s Leylah Fernandez snapped a four-match shedding streak with a 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3 victory over the No. 1 seed. 12 Diana Shnaider of Russia within the opening spherical of the Wuhan Open on Monday.
Fernandez, world quantity 28, improved to 2-0 towards Shanider after beating him this summer season in Cincinnati.
That 6-1, 6-4 victory over Shanider on August 16 was Fernandez’s final win. She went on to lose to Jessica Pegula within the quarterfinals earlier than dropping first-round matches on the Cleveland, US Open and China Open.
Fernandez will subsequent face the winner of the match between Karolina Muchova of Czechia and Moyuka Uchijima of Japan.
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