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Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and partner Fanny Stolarz of Hungary advanced to the doubles quarterfinals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix with a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Chinese duo of Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan on Monday in Stuttgart, Germany.
Fernandez and Stolarz had three aces and converted three of their seven break points in the first-round win.
Jiang and Xu converted their lone break point chance.
Fernandez and Stolarz will next face the winner of a match between the German tandem of Noma Noha Akugue and Ella Seidel and fourth seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States and Liudmila Samsonova of Russia at the WTA 500 clay-court event.
Fernandez and Stolarz are making their partnership debut in Stuttgart.
The Canadian teamed with Venus Williams, Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic at previous events this season.
Costly outbursts
Former No. 1 Daniil Medvedev was fined 6,000 euros ($7,000 US) for unsportsmanlike conduct after he smashed his racket seven times during a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Matteo Berrettini at the Monte Carlo Masters last week, the ATP Tour confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday.
Medvedev, who is currently ranked 10th, received a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct by the chair umpire for his actions early in the second set of Wednesday’s match.
The fine is small in comparison to the $76,000 and $42,500 Medvedev was penalized with for outbursts at the Australian Open and U.S. Open last year, respectively.
Medvedev, who had a first-round bye, had earned 45,520 euros ($50,000) in prize money from the Monte Carlo tournament.
The 30-year-old Russian was already struggling when he landed a forehand in the net to drop his opening service game of the second set and fall behind 2-0 and he slammed his racket near the baseline. Then he picked the racket up and threw it toward a tarp at the end of the court.
Still not through, Medvedev then continually picked his frame up and kept smashing it until it was destroyed enough to fit through an opening in a courtside trash can as the crowd sarcastically cheered him on.
Medvedev, who won the U.S. Open in 2021, lost the match in 49 minutes.
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