Fernandez advances to 3rd round, Andreescu eliminated after battling injury

Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the third round of the women's singles tennis competition at the Paris Olympics with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Spain's Cristina Busca on Monday.

Fernandez, seeded 16th at Roland Garros, broke Busca seven times on 14 chances in a match where both players struggled to hold serve.

Busca converted five of her eight break-point opportunities.

Fernandez, from Laval, Que., will next face Germany's Angelique Kerber.

WATCH l Fernandez advances in straight sets:

In other action, Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., had her Olympic debut come to an end with a 6-3, 6-4 loss to Croatia's Donna Vekic in the second round, suffering an injury early in the second set.

Later Monday, Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski were set to team up against France's Clara Burel and Varvara Gracheva in women's doubles, and Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Milos Raonic were scheduled to face third-seeded Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in men's doubles.

WATCH l Andreescu eliminated with loss to Vekic:

Novak Djokovic dominated rival Rafael Nadal at the start, then held off a comeback attempt to win 6-1, 6-4 at the Paris Olympics in the second round Monday, the 60th — and likely last — head-to-head matchup between the two tennis greats.

Djokovic claimed 10 of the initial 11 games, with Nadal nowhere near the skilled and ever-hustling version of himself that won a record 14 French Open trophies on the same red clay at Roland Garros that is hosting Summer Games matches. Instead, Nadal was diminished, showing every bit of his 38 years, and looking like someone who might be ready to head into retirement after playing only sparingly the past two seasons because of a series of injuries, including hip surgery.