Daria Kasatkina saw off a spirited effort from Leylah Fernandez to win the Eastbourne International in straight sets. The Russian sixth seed triumphed 6-3 6-4 as she secured her seventh WTA title in one hour 50 minutes at Devonshire Park. Kasatkina, who lost to American Madison Keys in last year’s final, took control of the … Read more
With the 2024 Olympic Games less than a month away, Team Canada has finalized its roster for the tennis event, with 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez set to spearhead the nation. The 21-year old was named as one of the Canadian representatives at the Olympic Games, which will take place in Paris. The tennis event kicks off on … Read more
Leylah Fernandez is one win away from a fourth career WTA title after taking down Madison Keys 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-finals on Friday afternoon at the Eastbourne International on the eve of Wimbledon. Fernandez saw off the defending champion and fourth seed Keys and is into her sixth career final and her first on a grass court. It is also … Read more
Leylah Fernandez is into her first semi-final of the season at the 2024 Eastbourne International after thrashing Harriet Dart 6-2, 6-1 in the Quarter-Finals on Thursday. Fernandez has lost just one set en route this week coming through a tense three-set over 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova in the first round. The Canadian last reached a semi-final … Read more
The action continues at the Eastbourne International with Leylah Fernandez and Karolina Muchova among the big winners on the South Coast of England on Wednesday afternoon. Muchova was playing in her first tournament in nine months and ironically given her need for matches and game time didn’t really play yesterday in taking on Elina Avanesyan. Her opponent retired injured early on … Read more
Canada’s young tennis star Leylah Fernandez has extended support to Britain’s Emma Raducanu after she admitted feeling ‘pressure’ to win big. The 21-year-old was once regarded as the next big thing when she lifted the US Open title in 2021 at 18. The most impressive aspect of that triumph was that Raducanu started the competition in the qualifying round. … Read more
The Canadian tennis player advised haters to get a life, in a harsh outburst on Instagram Leylah Fernandez’s path at Roland Garros stopped in the third round, in her match against Ons Jabeur. The previous match saw the Canadian tennis player win against Wang Xiyu in a match stopped due to rain. During one of … Read more
Taking part in a hilarious challenge for Avocados from Mexico, Leylah Fernandez was oblivious that she was getting pranked. She tasted three masked smoothies placed in front of her. But all three turned out to be the same. A pay-off certainly for a collaboration, Fernandez started working with them last year and through their partnership has advocated … Read more
Fernandez addresses social media abuse and how she deals with it. Leylah Fernandez found a creative way to hit back at her haters and doubters as the Canadian tennis star filmed herself reading some “beautiful messages” while revealing she thinks of those people as “no-lifers” that one can only “laugh at.” Although Fernandez is just … Read more
Leylah Fernandez opened up and also joked about the harsh reality of being a tennis player and receiving hate even in winning her matches. She couldn’t finish her second round yesterday due to rain at the French Open. She was 5-3 up against Xiyu Wang when a heavy downpour put a stop to any play … Read more