Leylah Fernandez is out of the singles draw at the National Bank Open. The Canadian tennis star was upset 6-4, 6-2 by American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger in second-round action Thursday. Fernandez — the tournament's No.
15 seed from Laval, Que. — was the last Canadian player remaining at the country's signature event, including the men's bracket in Montreal. Marina Stakusic, a 19-year-old wild card from Mississauga, Ont.
, was also eliminated after getting thumped 6-0, 6-2 by Taylor Townsend of the U.S. No.
1 seed Coco Gauff, meanwhile, cruised past Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2. The 20-year-old American, who won last year's U.S.
Open and was coming off a third-round showing on clay at the Paris Olympics following the grass season, played her first hard-court match since the Miami Open in April. "It's not easy transitioning from all these different surfaces in such a short amount of time," Gauff said. "Happy to get pushed through.
" Other seeds advancing at the $3.2-million US event were No. 5 Daria Kasatkina, No.
6 Liudmila Samsonova, No. 8 Emma Navarro, No. 10 Anna Kalinskaya, No.
11 Marta Kostyuk, No. 13 Beatriz Haddad Maia and No. 14 Diana Shnaider.
No. 7 Madison Keys retired from her match with a thigh injury. No.
2 Aryna Sabalenka, who won this year's Australian Open, was slated to face Yue Yuan in the night session. Loving the hard courts 💪Qualifier Ashlyn Krueger ousts Fernandez to reach Round 3 in Toronto!#NBO24 pic.twitter.
com/iysI1J7RUn — @WTA Toronto tournament directo.