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Leyla Fernandez came from a set down to defeat No.3 seed Elena Rybakina 6–7 (2-7) 7–6 (7-3) 7–6 (7-3) at the Citi Open in Washington, sealing her place in the final against Anna Kalinskaya.
Fernandez, from Canada, was ranked 73rd and just turned 19 Monday. Neither was seeded. In fact Raducanu became the first qualifier in the professional era to win a Grand Slam tournament.
Even as 19-year-old Fernandez, who seemed to run down every ball during the tournament, saved two match points in the second set, Raducanu, 18, persevered for the win, 6-4, 6-3.
Wild-card entrant Leyla Fernandez of Canada, a finalist at the 2021 U.S. Open, will meet seventh-seeded Beatrice Haddad Maia of Brazil.
Emma Raducanu, the 18-year-old Briton, is the new US Open women’s queen. She became the first qualifier to achieve that feat by defeating 19-year-old Leyla Fernandez 6-4 6-3 to take home the ...
Canadian Leyla Fernandez won her opening women’s singles match at the Miami Open on Saturday. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., dispatched Colombia’s Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-2.
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