Leylah Fernandez and doubles partners Dabrowski, Routliffe eliminated from Qatar Open [Video]

It was a tough day for Canadian tennis players at the Qatar Open on Wednesday with both Leylah Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski making quick exits from their respective events.

Fernandez was defeated 6-3, 6-0 by American Amanda Anisimova in third-round singles action at the WTA 1000 event in Doha.

The world No. 27 from Laval, Que., couldn’t get anything going against Anisimova, who wrapped up the match in a tidy 64 minutes.

The American saved the only two break points she faced while converting four of her eight break points against Fernandez.

It was the first meeting between the players since 2022, when Fernandez picked up wins over the American at Indian Wells and the French Open.

Earlier, Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were eliminated from the women’s doubles competition with a 6-2, 6-1 loss to Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider.

The Russians needed just 56 …