Oakland No. 3 seed Leila Fernandez was beaten in straight sets by Isalyn Bonaventura in the quarterfinals of the event.

Leila FernandezPhoto: Thibault Camus / AP – The Associated Press / Profimedia

Leila Fernandez, unexpectedly beaten in Oakland

Although they are separated by 45 places in the WTA rankings, the Belgian controlled both sets, winning 6-4, 6-2 after a match that lasted one hour and 10 minutes.

The 20-year-old Canadian played in the final of the US Open 2021, losing to British Romanian Emma Reducana.

The ASB Classic (WTA Auckland) runs from January 2 to 8 on hard, is part of the WTA 250 category, offers a total of $259,303 in prize money, and is championed (as of 2020) by Serena Williams.

The result of the match Bonaventure – ​​Fernandez