It won’t be two straight tournament victories for Leylah Fernandez.<\/p>\n
The Canadian’s five-match win streak came to a halt on Saturday in China when she fell 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova in the Round of 64.<\/p>\n
Fernandez was coming off a late-September triumph at the Singapore Open in which she ousted a pair of top-five seeds in Mirra Andreeva and Maja Chwalinska.<\/p>\n
But the Montreal native failed to keep the momentum going in Beijing despite firing four aces. Fernandez, seeded 23rd, earned just four break-point opportunities across three sets against the unseeded Rakhimova, converting two, while surrendering 11 herself, of which her opponent won five.<\/p>\n
Rakhimova will move on to face American Iva Jovic, seeded 10th, in the Round of 32.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, after a three-week break, US Open semifinalist\u00a0Coco Gauff\u00a0beat Camila Osorio 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2 in a second-round match.<\/p>\n
It was Gauff’s first match since losing to Elena Rybakina in three sets in the final four at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n
Gauff is a two-time singles major champion, having won the 2023 US Open and the\u00a02025 French Open, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in both finals.<\/p>\n
No. 1 Rybakina was ousted by No. 118 Alina Charaeva of Armenia later Saturday. Charaeva held her head in her hands in disbelief after winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Rybakina had seven double faults and dropped her serve five times.<\/p>\n
The WTA 1000 level 128-draw tournament ends Oct. 11 in Beijing.<\/p>\n
In the corresponding men’s ATP 500 tournament, top-seeded and\u00a0US Open champion Alexander Zverev\u00a0beat wild-card entry Shang Juncheng 6-0, 6-3 to set up a quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
Third-seeded Daniil Medvedev advanced by beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
In an early second-round match Saturday, Alex de Minaur beat Quentin Halys 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5.<\/p>\n
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