Leila Fernandez managed to eliminate Magda Lynette en route to the second round of the Roland Garros tournament. The player from Canada won in 3 sets with the score 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

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Magda Lynette was knocked out by Leila Fernandez in the first round of Roland Garros 2023

Magda Lynette (21 WTA) failed to repeat her impressive performance from the 2023 Australian Open, where she reached the semi-finals, and crashed out of the first round of the Roland Garros tournament.

The athlete from Poland was defeated in 3 sets by Leila Fernandez (51 WTA), at the end of the match, which was decided in two hours and 13 minutes.

In the second round, the Canadian will play the winner of the duel between Clara Toson (126 WTA) and Oleksandra Sasnovich (50 WTA).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.

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