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Canada's Leylah Fernandez enters US Open semis
BY , Sep 8, 2021 1:33 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
Leylah Fernandez has reached the U.S. Open semifinals, one day after turning 19. (Photo - Leylah Fernandez/Twitter)
Leylah Fernandez has reached the U.S. Open semifinals, one day after turning 19.
The Canadian continued her stunning run through the tournament by upsetting No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5).
Fernandez won the last two points of the tiebreaker to give her another three-set victory after knocking off past U.S. Open champions Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber in her previous two matches.
Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez continues her remarkable run at the US Open tennis tournament.
The 19-year-old from Laval, Quebec, held on through some difficult stretches to post a win over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.
Fernandez also beat stars Naomi Osaka of Japan in the third round and Germany's Angelique Kerber in the fourth.
She's currently ranked number 73 in the world.
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