US Open: How dad infused Filipina-Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez with winning mentality
Watch more on iWantTFC When Leylah Fernandez was cut from a Canadian youth tennis development program, her father Jorge, an Ecuadorian football player, became her coach in a sport he knew almost nothing about.
Leylah ousted third-seeded defending champion Naomi Osaka, a 4-time Grand Slam winner, and 16th seed Angelique Kerber, a left-hander with 3 Slam titles, to reach the last 8 in her best Grand Slam run. World No. 73 Fernandez, who will face Ukraine's fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina in a Tuesday quarter-final, won her first WTA title in March at Monterrey.
"He's at home with my younger sister. He has been calling every day, telling me what to do, so it has been great. Fernandez has a confidence built upon years of work, running sprints when she made too many errant shots to hone her skills and toughen her for the challenges she now faces. "Having them cheering me on every point has been very helpful. In those tough moments when I'm feeling down, with their positivity I was able to get back into it and forget about the mistake that I just did," she said.
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