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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez cruised into the Eastbourne Invitational quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Ashlyn Krueger of the United States on Wednesday.
Fernandez, ranked 30th in the world, saved all five break points she faced against the world No. 79 in the second round of the Wimbledon tune-up event in England.
It marks the second straight quarterfinal appearance for Fernandez and the third tournament in a row in which she has won at least two matches.
The native of Laval, Que., will face the winner of a match between Sofia Kenin of the U.S. and Harriet Dart of Britain.
In doubles quarterfinal play, the top-seeded duo of Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe defeated China’s Hanyu Guo and Xinyu Jiang 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Dabrowski and Routliffe, a dual citizen who grew up in Caledon, Ont., will next play either Asia Muhammad of the U.S. and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi or the duo of Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and Japan’s Makoto Ninomiya.
— With files from The Canadian Press