Rising tennis star Leylah Fernandez has won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press female Athlete of the Year. (Photo - Leylah Fernandez/Twitter)
Rising tennis star Leylah Fernandez has won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press female Athlete of the Year.
The 19 year old from Laval, Quebec, advanced to the final of the 2021 U-S Open, a highlight of a successful season for all of Canada's elite tennis players.
Fernandez stunned defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round and knocked off more big names before losing to Britain's Emma Raducanu in an all-teen final.