Overview

• Bouzas broke Fernández twice in the opening set and saved her sole break point before closing out a 6-3, 6-3 victory
• The Spaniard entered Cincinnati off a WTA 1000 quarterfinal showing in Montreal and has now risen into the top 45 in the WTA rankings
• Her first-round upset of six-time major champion Venus Williams underscored her ability to perform under pressure on big stages
• Fernández, the 21st seed and recent Washington champion, was unable to match Bouzas’s consistency on serve and return
• Cincinnati serves as Bouzas’s final major lead-in before the US Open, where she aims to extend her breakthrough season