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Canada’s Fernandez falls to Kasatkina in Rothesay International final | CBC Sports
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez fell 6-3, 6-4 to Russia’s Daria Kasatkina on Saturday in the Rothesay International women’s singles final.
The Laval, Que., native had one ace to three double faults and won 51 per cent of her first-serve points. Fernandez also broke on two of seven opportunities in the one-hour, 50-minute match.
It was Fernandez’s sixth career final but first on grass and first at the WTA 500 level or above since the 2021 U.S. Open.
She defeated defending champion Madison Keys 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in Friday’s semifinal at the Wimbledon tune-up event.
WATCH | Fernandez defeated by Kasatkina in Rothesay International final:
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., in her first-ever grass final, was upset by Russian Daria Kasatkina (6-3, 6-4) in the final at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England.
Kasatkina, the world No. 14, had one ace to five double faults and won 63.1 per cent of her first-serve points. However, she broke on five of her 10 opportunities.
Later Saturday, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe lost the women’s doubles final to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 10-8.
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