Leylah Fernandez tops Mertens, reaches final 16 at Guadalajara Open

Canadian tennis star Leylah Fernandez has a singles date in the final 16 at the Guadalajara Open after knocking off 13th-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium on Tuesday in Mexico.

Fernandez, of Laval, Quebec, defeated Mertens 6-3, 6-4 in the WTA 1000 tournament and will play Emma Navarro of New York, who defeated American Madison Keys 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday night.

Fernandez and Mertens each had three aces in the one-hour, 34-minute match. Mertens had eight double faults while Fernandez had five.

WATCH | Fernandez off to final 16:

Laval's Fernandez defeats 13th-seeded Mertens in 2nd round of Guadalajara Open

1 year ago

Duration 1:44

Laval, Que., native Leylah Fernandez, ranked 74th in women's singles, defeats world No. 29 Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 and advances to the 3rd round of the Guadalajara Open.

Fernandez saved four of 11 break points while her opponent saved two of six.

In other women's doubles action, U.S. Open champions Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand survived a scare against Arantxa Rus of Netherlands and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine, winning 6-3, 4-6, 11-9 in a round-of-16 match that took one hour, 28 minutes to complete.

Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., and her partner Maria Fernanda Navarro Olivia of Mexico lost 4-6, 6-7 (6) to Tereza Mihalikova of Slovakia and her partner Xu Yifan of China earlier in the day.