Tennis Canada confirmed that Fernandez pulled out of the team’s roster for the 1-6 November matches in Prague and is being replaced by Carol Zhao. Toronto: US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez will not be part of Canada’s team for the Billie Jean King Cup finals next month. “We’re just going to see what the body says, what the mind says, …
The women’s event of the US Open produced a magical final, between two unheralded teenagers in Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez. Indian tennis star Sania Mirza believes that the fairytale run of Emma and Leylah provided a glimpse of the depth in the women’s field. Sania weighed in on the Indian women's cricket team's tour of Australia, which commences with …
NEW YORK — Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez are so similar in so many ways: They possess enviable quickness and anticipation. “I’ve just been taking care of each day,” Raducanu said, “and before you know it, three weeks later, I’m in the final and I can’t believe it.” Who can? “I’m glad that whatever I’m doing on court, the fans …
They’re both unseeded at the U.S. Open. They’ll be back in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday for the first major final between two teens since the 1999 U.S. Open, when Serena Williams, 17, defeated Martina Hingis, 18. “We’ll say it’s magical.” At the end of the first set and again the third, it was Sabalenka, a Wimbledon semifinalist in July, …