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Jun 26, 2023 | 9:27 AM
BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Germany’s Lena Papadakis in first-round play Monday at the Bad Homburg Open.
Fernandez, from Laval, Que., required just 54 minutes to finish the triumph at the WTA Tour 250-level occasion.
She will play Anna Blinkova in the 2nd round. The ninth-seeded Russian published a 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 triumph over Germany’s Sabine Lisicki.
Fifth-seeded Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., was scheduled to play Britain’s Sonay Kartal later on Monday.