Canada's Leylah Fernandez and partner Ena Shibahara of Japan are out of Wimbledon after losing in the women's doubles third round Monday. Fernandez plays a backhand return to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during their second-round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alberto Pezzali<
LONDON – Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and partner Ena Shibahara of Japan are out of Wimbledon after losing in the women’s doubles third round Monday.
The pair fell 6-2, 7-6 (3) to fourth-seeded duo Taylor Townsend of the United States and Katerina Siniakova of Czechia.
Fernandez and Shibahara trailed 6-2, 3-2 before play was suspended Sunday.
Townsend and Siniakova went 3-for-4 on breakpoint opportunities and won 79 points to 61 for their opponents.
Also Monday, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Harri Heliövaara of Finland play a second-round mixed doubles match against the New Zealand duo of Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus.
Dabrowski, the lone Canadian left at Wimbledon, plays with Routliffe in women’s doubles. The second-seeded pair is scheduled to take on Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania and Marta Kostyuk on Tuesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 8, 2024.
