Canada’s 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez opened her 2023 season with an emphatic 6-1, 6-1 win Monday over 15-year-old Brenda Fruhvirtova in the first round of the ASB Classic. Fernandez beat three top-5 players, including defending champion Naomi Osaki, on her way to the 2021 US Open final where she was beaten by Britain’s Emma Raducanu, who also is …
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez said that she had goosebumps after returning to the US Open at Flushing Meadows. Currently ranked World No.14, Fernandez, on Tuesday, August 30, defeated France’s Oceane Dodin 6-3, 6-4 at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Fernandez smashed 26 winners, but the fact that she made only nine unforced errors compared to her opponent’s 24 gave her the advantage. Fernandez …
The 18-year-old Briton became the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam when she defeated 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday. Raducanu became Britain’s first Grand Slam champion in women’s singles since Virginia Wade in 1977 and did not drop a set during her run to the title in New York. The …
Britain's Emma Raducanu has made history by becoming the first qualifier to win a major tennis title, beating Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the US Open final at Flushing Meadows, 6-4, 6-3. Emma Raducanu swept all before her to complete an amazing US Open title triumph against Leylah Fernandez. The New York crowd was full of support for both Briton Emma …