NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 12, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) One of the toughest things for any tennis player who has just lost a major final is to give a concession speech during the trophy ceremony. Yet, Canada’s Leylah Fernandez provided possibly […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 12, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Oh, to be young and popular – and, now, a first-time major champion, too! Say hello to Emma Raducanu. The British teenager from London with the captivating smile, mental toughness and a […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 10, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As both Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu arrived at the semifinal round of the US Open Thursday evening at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the sport’s biggest stage – the […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Leylah Fernandez‘s 19th birthday party at the US Open carried over from Monday into Tuesday afternoon – and with more than 20,000 fans packing Arthur Ashe Stadium, by the end of her epic […]
TORONTO, May 17, 2021 (Tennis Canada Press Release) The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced today that Canadian Leylah Fernandez has won the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Play-Offs Heard Award for her performances in Team Canada’s 4-0 victory over Serbia […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Unseeded Leylah Fernandez and qualifier Viktorija Golubic had never met before Sunday’s final of the WTA 250-series Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico. Although there was a 10-year age gap between the two […]
WASHINGTON, August 22, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Leylah Fernandez of Canada had her eye on her third WTA quarterfinal of the season last week at the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Ky., when she faced 116th-ranked American Shelby Rogers in a […]
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