Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada celebrates with the runner-up trophy after being defeated by Emma Raducanu of Great Britain during their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing...
000_9MJ7ME Teenagers Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez have served noticed they are the faces of a new women's tennis generation, yet only one gets a fairytale ending in Saturday's US Open final. British 18-year-old Raducanu, the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final, and 19-year-old...
Photo c/o Pete Staples United States Tennis Association - USTA (Official) Alex Eala and Belgian Hanne Vandewinkel fell short in their bid in the US Open Girls Doubles after yielding in the semifinals Saturday. Eala and Vandewinkel, seeded sixth in the tournament, succumbed to eighth-seeded...
Leylah Fernandez (AFP) 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. Fernandez, a former footballer from Ecuador who became a tennis coach for his daughter, will watch...
Leylah Fernandez believes that her ongoing US Open campaign revealed her true potential at a young age of 19. Leylah Fernandez (AFP) "I believed in my game but it also has helped me in opening my eyes that I have no limit to my potential," said Fernandez, who advanced in the US Open final after...
Leylah Fernandez has always been curious about her roots, having been born to mother Irene, a Canadian with Filipino parents, and Ecuadorian father Jorge. Canada's Leylah Fernandez celebrates after winning her 2021 US Open Tennis tournament women's semifinal match against Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka...
Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada celebrates defeating Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during her Women’s Singles semifinals match on Day Eleven of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York...
Canada's Leylah Fernandez celebrates after winning the first set against Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka during their 2021 US Open Tennis tournament women's semifinal match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on September 9, 2021. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) From her...
Photo credit credit to Andrew Ong / United States Tennis Association - USTA (Official) Alex Eala absorbed a stunning 7-5, 6-3 loss to Sebastianna Scilipoti of Switzerland to bow out of the US Girls Singles quarterfinals Thursday (Friday in Manila). The second-seeded Eala struggled throughout the...
Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada points to her box in celebration of defeating Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during her Women's Singles semifinals match on Day Eleven of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 09, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the...
(From left) Leylah Fernandez, Emma Raducanu and Alex Eala The iconic Nirvana hit is a perfect theme song for this year’s US Open, thanks to two teenagers who have turned the Women’s draw into a dual Cinderella-tale. Will we see the storybook ending of Canada’s Leylah Fernandez (who just...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates defeating Matteo Berrettini of Italy during their Men's Singles quarterfinal match on Day Ten of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo...