Young Leylah Fernandez beats Stephens in Monterrey

The 17-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernández was ratified Wednesday as one of many guarantees of world tennis by defeating American Sloane Sthepens 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, fifth favourite, on the Monterrey Open.

Fernández, of Ecuadorian father and Filipino mom, took an ideal leap as knowledgeable final week when he reached the ultimate of the Acapulco Open and climb 64 ​​steps in the rating. This Wednesday he got here from behind to entry the quarterfinals in Monterrey, north of Mexico.

Within the first set the rivals maintained their service; Fernandez let go of a 'set level' in the twelfth recreation and paid for that as a result of he made a mistake whereas attacking the web in the 'tie break' with which the American made a mini break to go for the victory in the tiebreaker.

One other was the story in the remainder of the encounter; with 78 p.c of factors earned with the primary service, 'winners' on the decisive time and impeccable service, Leylah, participant 126 of the WTA, pressed the 37 of the rating and risked till the service broke Within the seventh recreation.

It was a blow to Sthepens, who misplaced focus and in addition misplaced his service in the ninth recreation earlier than a rival stuffed with vitality with a diverse tennis.

Inspired, the Canadian got here to grab her second and determined to win with a break in the fourth 'recreation' that led her to victory.

“I let go of alternatives in the primary set, however I calmed down and I may make my recreation from there; one other laborious recreation awaits me,” mentioned Fernandez, who will face the winner in the eight-best stage between Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, first seeded, and Danka Kovinic, from Montenegro, who will play this Thursday.

This Wednesday the Swedish Rebeca Peterson, sixth favourite, beat 7-6 (2), 7-5 to Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko, whereas the Chinese language Yafan Wang, eighth preclassified, beat Australia's Astra Sharma 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3.

Bondarenko will play in the quarterfinals towards one of the best between American Lauren Davis and Dutch Arantxa Rus and Yafan Wang will problem the Czech Marie Bouzkova, who eradicated 6-4, 6-1 to the Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.

Tomorrow will end the spherical of 16 of the event, which takes place on the laborious court docket with a prize pool of $ 275,000, of which the champion will take 43,000.