Get to know rising teen tennis star Leylah Fernandez! 🎾 The Filipino-Canadian scored the biggest win of her career after stunning tennis superstar Naomi Osaka in the US Open.
over superstar Naomi Osaka in the 2021 US Open, Leylah Annie Fernandez has been garnering interest from tennis fans around the world.
She is the second of three children. Her older sister Jodeci is a dentist, while her younger sister Bianca Jolie is also a tennis player. Though her father did not have any tennis background, Jorge became Leylah’s first coach and used his experience as a professional athlete to help his daughter. He ended up learning tennis as well.
She became the first Canadian to win a girls junior Grand Slam title since Eugenie Bouchard in the 2012 Wimbledon tournament. The Fil-Canadian rebounded with a third-round finish in the 2020 French Open and ended her 2020 US Open campaign in the second round.
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