Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a forehand return to Coco Gauff of the United States during a women’s singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center, in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
By The Canadian Press
Oct 22, 2025 | 11:13 PM
TOKYO — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez lost her second-round women’s match at the Toray Pan Pacific Open to second-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Thursday.
Rybakina advanced to the quarterfinals to face Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, who saved a match point en route to beating Rybakina in a semifinal of the National Bank Open in Montreal.
The 19-year-old Mboko from Toronto went on to win that tournament as a wild-card entry.
Fernandez from Laval, Que., lost to the world No. 7 Rybakina in straight sets 6-4, 6-3.