Canada’s Leylah Fernandez upset in second round of National Bank Open [Video]

Leylah Fernandez is out of the singles draw at the National Bank Open.

The Canadian tennis star was upset 6-4, 6-2 by American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger in second-round action Thursday.

Fernandez — the tournament’s No. 15 seed from Laval, Que. — was the last Canadian player remaining at the country’s signature event, including the men’s bracket in Montreal.

Marina Stakusic, a 19-year-old wild card of Mississauga, Ont., was thumped 6-0, 6-2 by Taylor Townsend of the U.S. earlier in the day.

In other notable results, No. 1 seed Coco Gauff of the U.S. cruised past Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 and No. 6 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia beat Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 6-2 at the US$3.2-million women’s showcase.

No. 10 Anna Kalinskaya of Russia defeated Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko, who eliminated Mississauga’s Bianca Andreescu in the opening round, by a count of 6-2, 6-2. No. 11 Marta Kostyuk — also of Ukraine …