WUHAN - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was eliminated from the Wuhan Open on Thursday after losing to Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko with a score of 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. After Ostapenko dominated the first set and won the initial game of the second, Fernandez responded by winning six consecutive games to equalize the match. However, Ostapenko regained momentum with a break in a nine-minute game to take a 3-2 lead in the third set. Despite Fernandez breaking back to tie at 4-4, Ostapenko won the next game and ultimately served out the match.
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Ostapenko’s victory improved her record to 2-0 against Fernandez, and she will next face Russia's Diana Shnaider at the WTA 1000 event. In round-of-16 doubles action, the top-seeded team of Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil's Luisa Stefani defeated Norway's Ulrikke Eikeri and American Quinn Gleason with a score of 6-1, 6-3. Dabrowski and Stefani are set to compete against Mexico's Giuliana Olmos and Estonia's Ingrid Neel in the quarterfinals on Friday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Oct. 15, 2026.