Canada’s Fernandez wins opener against Serbia at Billie Jean King Cup

The Canadian broke Danilovic in the final game of the match to win.

The 18-year-old Fernandez, from Laval, Que., won six of seven break-point chances. Danilovic was good on just five of 14.

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Leylah Annie Fernandez of Laval, Que., defeated Serbia’s Olga Danilovic 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in the opener rubber of their Billie Jean King Cup playoff tie. 4:27

The 230th-ranked Rebecca Marino, from Vancouver, will meet world No. 87 Nina Stojanovic in the second match on Friday.

Reverse singles matches go on Saturday before Canada’s Carol Zhao and Sharon Fichman face Danilovic and Aleksandra Krunic in a doubles match.

The winner of the best-of-five tie advances to next year’s qualifiers and the loser drops into the Regional Group I.

The Billie Jean King Cup is the new name for the Fed Cup — the top international team tournament in women’s tennis.

Canada’s top singles player, Bianca Andreescu, is sidelined with a foot injury. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada’s top doubles player, also isn’t competing at the tie.