Tag: #Leylah Fernandez
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Fernandez retains Monterrey crown
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez saved five match points before retaining her WTA Monterrey crown in controversial fashion with victory over Colombia’s Camila Osorio on Sunday.
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Leylah Fernandez bows out at Indian Wells
Leylah Fernandez crashed out of her singles and doubles campaigns Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) after bowing to experienced rivals at the Indian Wells Masters.
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Leylah Fernandez faces American foe in Sweet 16 of Indian Wells
Leylah Fernandez guns for a quarterfinal berth at the Indian Wells when she clashes with unseeded American Shelby Rogers Tuesday (early Wednesday in Manila),
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Leylah Fernandez advances to fourth round in Indian Wells
Leylah Fernandez continued her giant-slaying ways at the Indian Wells Sunday (Monday in Manila) after surviving Russian ninth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
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Emma Believer: The 2021 US Open
Thanks to the US Open and New York City, for two glorious weeks, it was like the world was putting the COVID pandemic in the rear-view mirror - even if only for those moments that we’d be following what was happening.
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Fernandez hopes to match New York 9/11 resilience after Open loss
Leylah Fernandez hadn't even been born in 2001 when terrorists attacked New York, but she hopes to show the same resilience and resolve as New Yorkers after her US Open final loss.
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Teen Raducanu wins US Open title for first Slam crown
Britain's 18-year-old Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier to capture a Grand Slam title by defeating Canada's 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez on Saturday in the US Open women's final.
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Leylah Fernandez proving doubters wrong with amazing US Open run
Leylah Fernandez cannot help but recall the time when many of the people surrounding her were doubtful of her career as a tennis player.
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Only one fairytale finish in teenager showdown at US Open final
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.
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Superstitions keep Fernandez's dad/coach from US Open
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.
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Leylah Fernandez: True potential on full display at US Open
Leylah Fernandez believes that her ongoing US Open campaign revealed her true potential at a young age of 19.
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Curious Fernandez wants to learn more about Filipino food, culture
Leylah Fernandez has always been curious about her roots, having been born to mother Irene, a Canadian with Filipino parents, and Ecuadorian father Jorge.
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Leylah Fernandez wants to be a role model for fellow teenagers
Leylah Fernandez believed that giving inspiration to the youth is the best prize she could get in her young tennis career.
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Teen Fernandez’s US Open final run a family affair
From her father becoming a tennis coach with no experience to her mother moving away to support the family, Leylah Fernandez's dream run to the US Open has been a family affair.
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Fil-Canadian sensation Leylah Fernandez beats No. 2 Sabalenka to reach US Open final
Canadian teen sensation Leylah Fernandez advanced to her first Grand Slam final on Thursday by defeating world number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the US Open semifinals.
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‘Smells like teen spirit’: The 2021 US Open
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.
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Fernandez meets Sabalenka to open women’s US Open night semis
Filipino-Canadian teen left-hander Leylah Fernandez will meet second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the first of two US Open women's night semifinals Thursday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.