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Aoi Ito of Japan accomplished a surprising comeback to get rid of Italian No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini, and hometown favourite Leylah Fernandez additionally skilled an early exit from the Omnium Banque Nationale on Tuesday in Montreal.
Ito, ranked No. 110 on this planet, was down a set and a break earlier than charging again to upset Paolini 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) in second-round motion. Ito trailed 4-1 within the second set earlier than coming again to tie the rating; she saved one match level within the tenth sport on her approach to forcing the third set.
Ito managed a lot of the third set earlier than Paolini pressured the tiebreaker. The Italian held a number of one-point leads within the back-and-forth tiebreaker however Ito got here again from down 5-4 to document the ultimate three factors of the match.
Ito, 21, had not gained a tour-level match all season till beating Katie Volynets within the first spherical Sunday.
That made it much more surprising that she might oust Paolini, who already has two WTA 1000 titles underneath her belt this 12 months in Qatar and Italy.
Ito gained regardless of committing 11 double faults. She transformed 7 of 10 break factors towards Paolini whereas saving 11 of the 19 break factors she confronted.
As for Fernandez, she by no means held a lead in a 6-4, 6-1 first-round defeat to Australian Maya Joint. Fernandez had crushed Joint within the first spherical of final week’s WTA 500 occasion in Washington, D.C., the place the Canadian went on to seize the most important title of her profession.
It was not a banner day for the Canadian contingent. No. 8 seed Emma Navarro breezed previous Canada’s Rebecca Marino 6-1, 6-2 in 63 minutes.
Bianca Andreescu, in the meantime, withdrew on account of a foot damage, permitting a walkover for fourth seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia. The Ontario native was the 2019 Canadian Open and U.S. Open champion.
In one other first-round match, Caty McNally battled previous fellow American Alycia Parks 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7). McNally fell behind 3-0 within the third-set tiebreaker and saved two match factors earlier than she pulled in entrance.
Other Round of 64 winners Tuesday included No. 15 seed Daria Kasatkina of Australia; No. 24 Marta Kostyuk and No. 30 Dayana Yastremska, each of Ukraine; Russians Anna Kalinskaya and Veronika Kudermetova; Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro; and Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian.
Six matches had but to be accomplished, together with No. 1 seed Coco Gauff’s match opener towards countrywoman Danielle Collins.
–Field Level Media