Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a forehand return to Coco Gauff of the United States during a women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center, in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

By The Canadian Press

Canada’s Leylah Fernandez ousted by Elena Rybakina in Pan Pacific Open

Oct 22, 2025 | 11:13 PM

TOKYO — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez lost her second-round women’s match at the Toray Pan Pacific Open to second-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Thursday.

Rybakina advanced to the quarterfinals to face Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, who saved a match point en route to beating Rybakina in a semifinal of the National Bank Open in Montreal.

The 19-year-old Mboko from Toronto went on to win that tournament as a wild-card entry.

Fernandez from Laval, Que., lost to the world No. 7 Rybakina in straight sets 6-4, 6-3.

Rybakina dispatched Fernandez in an hour and 28 minutes, never trailed on the scoreboard and dropped serve just once.

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Fernandez, 23, won the Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday for her fifth career singles title.

Mboko and Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., dropped a marathon women’s doubles quarterfinal in three sets to Christina Bucsa of Spain and Shuko Aoyama of Japan on Thursday.

The Canadians fell 6-4, 7-6 (3), 10-8 in the hardcourt match

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2025.

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