Another painful defeat for Leylah Fernandez

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Quebec's Leylah Fernandez was eliminated in the doubles quarter-final at the Dubai Tennis Tournament on Thursday.

Her duet was completed by American Bethanie Mattek- Sands lost in two identical sets of 7-5 in front of the Russians Liudmila Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova. 

The winners broke four times against two for their rivals during the 1:54 minute clash.

Fernandez was ousted in the second round of the singles session on Tuesday. She lost the flag in two identical sets of 6-1 against Poland's Iga Swiatek, who owns the first echelon in the WTA world rankings. 

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The player from La Belle Province, 37th player on the circuit, will compete in principle its next tournament in Indian Wells, event scheduled for 6 to 19 March.