Canadian star Leylah Fernandez has been running the headlines for various reasons in the past few weeks. First and foremost, it’s because of her dominating performance against Anna Kalinskaya in the final of the Citi Open, where she defeated the Russian by 6-1,6-2 in just 1 hour and 9 minutes. It was her first WTA 500 title and her fourth career WTA singles title triumph. Before this, her last title triumph came at Hong Kong in October 2023, and she had a record of 16-17 before this tournament.
Following this title triumph, Fernandez said, “ I was just very happy that I got to not only push myself physically through the limits but also mentally. So that kind of will help me hopefully, for future tournaments .” But sadly for the 2021 US Open finalist, she had to face defeat against Maya