2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez entered her third-round match against Roland Garros champion Mirra Andreeva at the National Bank Open on Friday having lost her last seven matches against Top 10 opponents.
She snapped that streak in a big way, matching her best-ever result at her country's signature event. Fernandez routed the No 5 seed 6-1, 6-4 in 1 hour and 21 minutes to return to not just the round of 16 in Toronto, a result she previously recorded in Montreal in 2023, but also score her first Top 10 victory in more than a year.
She last beat a player ranked as highly as Andreeva when she beat then-World No 4 Jessica Pegula on the way to winning the Mubadala DC Open last year.