Leylah Annie Fernandez is certainly looking forward to playing in front of her supporters in Montreal, but she is certainly happy to delay her journey to the metropolis.
The Quebecer signed a spectacular victory in front of Elena Rybakina on Saturday to reach the final of the Washington tournament. She won in a match that required three equality of equality in the account of 6-7, 7-6 and 7-6 in 3 h 12 minutes of play in front of the one who had eliminated earlier in the tournament the Canadian Victoria Mboko.
Fernandez will be opposed to the duel winner between Emma Raducanu and Anna Kalinskaya in the final.
The first round required a break in equality and it is the 12th world racket which has imposed itself on the account of 7 to 2. Rybakina chained with the Momentum from the start of the second set with a service break to take control.
The Quebecer has shown character to try to disturb Rybakina. She has erased three broken bales against her and Fernandez had her chances in the eighth part to level the score, but her opponent closed the door with precise and powerful services.
However, the 36th player in the WTA ranking continued to put pressure on her opponent. She recovered her breakfast while Rybakina was used for the match at the 10th game of the Channel. Once again, the equality break was necessary and the representative of the unifolié took advantage of a double fault of the Kazakhe to win 7 to 3 and force an ultimate round.
The two players continued to offer a whole spectacle to amateurs and so that after 3 hours of play, they found themselves for a third time in equality. Fernandez scored the first four points of the decisive game to go to the 7-3 victory and win his ticket for the final on Sunday.
Fernandez will have the chance to leave towards Montreal for the start of the omnium national banking with a trophy in his hands. The draw revealed that she will face the 19 -year -old Maya Joint Auralian in her first game. This first -round duel promises to be noted as joint comes in 38th position.
