Canada’s Leylah Fernandez falls 6-3, 6-4 in the final in Eastbourne

Canada’s Leylah Fernandez lost 6-3, 6-4 to Russia’s Daria Kasatkina in the Rothesay International women’s singles final on Saturday.

The Laval, Que., native had one ace against three double faults and won 51 percent of her first-serve points. Fernandez also broke on two of seven chances in the one-hour, 50-minute match.

It was Fernandez’s sixth career final, but first on grass and first at WTA 500 level or higher since the 2021 US Open.

She defeated defending champion Madison Keys 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in Friday’s semifinal at the Wimbledon tune-up event.

Kasatkina, the world number 14, had one ace against five double faults and won 63.1 percent of her first-serve points. However, she broke on five of her 10 chances.

Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand lost 5-7, 7-6 (2), 10-8 to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok in the women’s doubles final later Saturday.