Canada's Leylah Fernandez knocked out of Citi Open in straight sets

Canadians Leylah Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski have both been eliminated from the Citi Open.

Fernandez lost to Greece's Maria Sakkari 7-5, 6-2 in the Round of 16 of the women's singles tournament on Friday in Washington, D.C.

Dabrowski and Japanese partner Shuko Aoyama then lost to Chile's Alexa Guarachi and Romania's Monica Niculescu 6-3, 6-1 in the women's doubles semifinals.

Sakkari dominated Fernandez, from Laval, Que., in every facet of the match.

The fourth-seeded Sakkari had five aces to Fernandez's one.

It was the first match Fernandez, 20, and Sakkari had played in their WTA Tour careers.

Dabrowski, from Ottawa, and Aoyama struggled with four double faults to their opponents' two.

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Taylor Fritz went two for two on Friday to reach the semifinals in Washington, first beating Andy Murray in a three-setter briefly interrupted by climate protesters and then heading out onto a different court three hours later to eliminate Jordan Thompson at night.

Fritz vs. Murray was one of several matches cancelled on Thursday because of rain, jumbling the schedule at the hard-court tuneup for the U.S. Open and forcing some players to compete twice on Friday.

Fritz, a 25-year-old from California who is the top-ranked American man at No. 9, saved all seven break points he faced in the third set and hit 17 aces with tennis balls he deemed "awful" en route to a 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 victory against Murray, a 36-year-old from Britain who earned three Grand Slam titles before he had two hip operations.

That one lasted more than three hours with the temperature in the mid-80s Fahrenheit (around 30 Celsius) and 60 per cent humidity.

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