NEW YORK — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez rallied from one set down to defeat France’s Elsa Jacquemot 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the women’s singles second round Wednesday night at the U.S. Open.

Fernandez, the tournament’s 31st seed and 2021 runner-up, won only one service game in the first set, claiming just 42 per cent of the points on first serve.

The 22-year-old from Laval, Que., found a rhythm in the second and third sets, holding serve the rest of the way while breaking Jacquemot three times to win the match in two hours 16 minutes.

Fernandez cruised through the first round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino.

She will play world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round on Friday. Sabalenka won 7-6 (4), 6-2 over Polina Kudermetova later Wednesday.

In their only previous meetin

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