Leylah Fernandez

Leylah Annie Fernandez (wobadwa pa Seputembara 6, 2002) ndi wosewera tennis waku Canada. Ali ndi udindo wapamwamba wa Women Tennis Association (WTA) wa nambala 28 padziko lapansi. Fernandez adapambana mutu wake woyamba wa WTA ku 2021 Monterrey Open. Ali ndi zaka 19, adamaliza nawo mpikisano wothamanga ku 2021 US Open kwa mnzake wachinyamata Emma Raducanu, ndikugonjetsa osewera atatu apamwamba paulendo womaliza (kuphatikiza wolimbana ndi Naomi Osaka).

Fernandez mu 2021

Ntchito yaukadaulo

2019: Kuyamba kwa akatswiri

Pa Julayi 21, 2019, Fernandez adapambana mbiri yake yoyamba pa tenisi pomwe adalimbana kuti amenye mnzake waku Canada Carson Branstine kumapeto kwa Gatineau Challenger. Fernandez adapambananso mutu wake woyamba wowerengeka tsiku lomwelo pomwe adagwirizana ndi Rebecca Marino waku Vancouver. Awiriwo adagonjetsa gulu lachiwiri la Marcela Zacarías waku Mexico ndi Hsu Chieh-yu waku Taiwan. Sabata yotsatira, adapanga komaliza ku ITF komaliza ku Granby, atataya Lizette Cabrera waku Australia.

2020: Grand Slam debut, WTA Tour yomaliza yoyamba, French Open round yachitatu

Fernandez adamupanga kukhala woyamba wa Grand Slam ku Australia Open. Atatha kuyenerera, adataya gawo loyamba kwa Lauren Davis.

Adachita bwino kwambiri pantchito yake sabata yotsatira pamasewera oyenerera a Billie Jean King Cup motsutsana ndi nambala 5 padziko lapansi, Belinda Bencic.

Chakumapeto kwa Okutobala ku Mexico Open, adakwanitsa ndipo adafika kumapeto komaliza pa WTA, pomwe, atapambana maseti 12 motsatizana, adagonjetsedwa ndi World No. 69, Heather Watson. Patadutsa sabata, adakwiyitsa wosewera wa Grand Slam a Sloane Stephens kuti akafike ku quarterfinals ya Monterrey Open, atagonjetsedwa ndi Elina Svitolina.

2021: Mutu woyamba wa WTA ndi US Open yomaliza

Fernandez adayamba 2021 osapambana motsatizana m'mipikisano yake yoyamba. Komabe, mu Marichi ku Monterrey Open, adapambana machesi anayi oyamba kuti afike kumapeto, ndikugonjetsa Viktorija Golubic kuti apambane mutu woyamba wa WTA pantchito yake. Ali ndi zaka 18, anali wosewera wachichepere kwambiri pazosewerera zazikulu ndipo adapambana osasiya chimodzi pa mpikisanowu.

Ku US Open, Fernandez adakonda kwambiri chifukwa chakupambana mosayembekezereka ngati underdog. Anagonjetsa mbewu yachitatu ndikuteteza, Naomi Osaka m'magawo atatu mchigawo chachitatu, dziko lakale nambala 1 komanso ngwazi yayikulu katatu Angelique Kerber kumapeto kwachinayi m'maseti atatu, ndi wachisanu Elina Svitolina muma quarterfinal, kachiwiri m'maseti atatu, kuti afikire semifinal yake yayikulu tsiku limodzi atakwanitsa zaka 19. Kenako adagonjetsa Aryna Sabalenka, yemwe ndi mbewu yachiwiri, kuti afike komaliza komaliza ndipo panthawiyi adakhala wosewera woyamba kubadwa mu 2002 kufika kumapeto. Inali nthawi yachitatu mu Open Era pomwe mayi anagonjetsa mbewu zitatu mwa zisanu zapamwamba kwambiri ku US Open. Pomaliza adataya wachinyamata mnzake Emma Raducanu mosiyanasiyana.