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Teenager Maya Joint redeemed her first-round Washington Open loss to Leylah Fernandez at the Canadian Open in Montreal on Wednesday (AEST).<\/p>\n
Fernandez, a former US Open finalist, collected the biggest title of her career on Sunday when she won the DC Open in Washington, overcoming Anna Kalinskaya 6-1 6-2 in the final.<\/p>\n
But her triumph was short-lived, as Joint defeated the Quebec native 6-4 6-1. The 19-year-old bounced back from her 6-3 6-3 loss to the world No.24 last week to record her second-career WTA 1000 victory.<\/p>\n
> READ: Popyrin to defend Masters crown in Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n Joint, ranked 45th in the world and already a two-time WTA title winner this year, now meets American 28th seed McCartney Kessler. A victory for Joint would guarantee the first meeting between the WTA top 50\u2019s two teenagers, with Mirra Andreeva awaiting the winner.<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s No.1 player Daria Kasatkina is already through to the third round after she defeated\u00a0Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-4. Kasatkina set up the win with a 24-minute opening set, where she generated 14 points on return to Blinkova\u2019s five.<\/p>\n She next faces 24th-seed Marta Kostyuk, of Ukraine, for a spot in the fourth round.<\/p>\n Popyrin successfully launches Toronto defence<\/p>\n In Toronto, Alexei Popyrin successfully began his Canadian Open title defence with a straight-sets victory over Canadian Nicolas Arseneault.<\/p>\n After an opening-round bye, the 18th-seeded Popyrin defeated the world No.636, 7-6(7) 6-3 in their round-of-64 clash.<\/p>\n Both players were nearly impenetrable on serve, each pounding down nine aces and having similar first-serve percentages\u00a0\u2013 57 per cent for Popyrin, 60 per cent for Arseneault.<\/p>\n Break points proved almost as elusive as the Sasquatch, with Popyrin managing the only break of the encounter in the second set. It was one of just three break opportunities the Australian generated for the match.<\/p>\n