An improved showing for Leylah Fernandez ended in the quarterfinals on Friday.
The Canadian lost 6-3, 7-6 (6) to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska in the first quarterfinal match at the Nottingham Open grass-court tournament in England.
Fernandez, seeded fifth, fought off three match points in the second-set tiebreak before losing to the world No. 46.
The 22-year-old Fernandez had her chances against Yastremska, but converted only one of eight break points. Yastremska was good on both of her break-point chances.
Fernandez, from Laval, Que., had lost her previous four matches before winning a pair at Nottingham.
The world No. 30 is gearing up for Wimbledon later this month. She has never advanced past the second round at the grass-court Grand Slam.
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