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 …
Emma Raducanu's life changed in a New York minute on Saturday when she beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open final, capping her improbable rise from 150th-ranked qualifier to Grand Slam champion. So striking was her performance that it eclipsed headlines for world number one Novak Djokovic's attempt at a calendar Grand Slam, what many had presumed …
