Leylah Fernandez hadn’t even been born in 2001 when terrorists attacked New York, but she hopes to show the same resilience and resolve as New Yorkers after her US Open final loss. “But it will just make me want to work harder and stronger, just come back to every tournament with the same hunger I came into this tournament.” After …
Britain’s 18-year-old Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier to capture a Grand Slam title by defeating Canada’s 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez on Saturday in the US Open women’s final. Not since Virginia Wade in 1977 at Wimbledon had a British woman taken a Slam singles title, with Raducanu the first Briton to claim the US Open crown since Wade in 1968. …
Jorge Fernandez won’t attend his daughter Leylah’s all-teen US Open final showdown Saturday with Britain’s Emma Raducanu over fears about messing with routines that are working. “No, I’m not going to be there,” Fernandez told US Open reporters on a conference call. “It’s working, so let’s not ruin it.” Raducanu is the first qualifier to ever reach a Grand Slam …
