Canada’s Leylah Fernandez Reaches Final of WTA’s Singapore Tennis Open
- On Saturday, Canadian Leylah Fernandez reached her first WTA final of the year at the Singapore Tennis Open after recovering from a poor start against Poland's Maja Chwalinska.
- After dropping the opening set 6-1, Fernandez rallied to win the subsequent sets 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and eight minutes against the fifth-seeded Chwalinska.
- Crediting the crowd for her resilience, Fernandez said, "the crowd definitely helped me out to reset," during an on-court interview after the match.
- Australian Talia Gibson advanced to the final after Russian Tatiana Prozorova was forced to withdraw due to the WTA's concussion protocol following a ball strike on Friday.
- Fernandez will face Gibson for the title on Sunday, marking her first WTA final since winning last year's Japan Open.
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The Toronto Star
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez reaches final of WTA’s Singapore Tennis Open
SINGAPORE - Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the final of the Singapore Tennis Open with a three-sets win over Maja Chwalinska of Poland on Saturday.
Le Journal de Montreal
Le Journal de QuebecLeylah Annie Fernandez qualified for the Singapore tournament final thanks to a resiliency performance on Saturday.
Radio France Internationale
France24Fernandez fights back to reach Singapore Open final
The sixth seed dropped the first five games of the semi-final against her fifth-seeded opponent but came back strongly to win 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 to set up a final against unseeded Australian Talia Gibson on Sunday. Gibson advanced to her first WTA final after her semi-final opponent Tatiana Prozorova was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to the WTA's concussion protocol. Fernandez was broken in all four of her service games in the opening se…
The Québécoise will face in the Australian final Talia Gibson.
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