Leylah Fernandez News
Fernandez will face World No. 59 Martina Trevisan in the quarter-finals
Novak Djokovic has also reached the quarter-finals after beating Diego Schwartzman
Emma Raducanu won the US Open Women's Singles title
She defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3
She became the first British woman to win the tournament in 53 years
The 73rd ranked Leylah Fernandez has stated she could beat anyone and backed up the bravado with victories over four-time Grand Slam winner and defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round, three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber in the fourth and fifth seed Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals.
Playing in her first Grand Slam since pulling out of the French Open earlier this year and disclosing her battle with depression, Osaka's return to Flushing Meadows did not go to plan, as she wordlessly left the court after uncharacteristically losing her cool in the second set tiebreak.
Petra Kvitova stormed into the last-16 of the ongoing French Open with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over her Canadian opponent Leylah Fernandez.
No wonder the 30-year-old Kvitova looked so relieved when she cracked a winner to end Fernandez`s resistance after a near two-hour battle between the two left-handers.
The twice Wimbledon champion has reached the fourth round in Paris for the fifth time and will be starting to fancy her chances with China`s unseeded Zhang Shuai up next.
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