One comment gave Fernandez all the motivation she needed while her father says moving to Canada paved the way for her
As Leylah Fernandez made her unlikely, yet swashbuckling way to the final of the US Open over the past fortnight, many things stood out. The way she wants the match on her racquet, the innate understanding of the angles that the great left-handers seem to possess and the sheer joy on her face as she racked up win after win on one of the biggest stages of all.
At 19, Fernandez has the world at her feet. In only her fifth grand slam event, she has beaten Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber, Elina Svitolina and Aryna Sabalenka, two grand slam winners and two players in the world’s top five, with flicks of that magical left wrist, with the New York crowd backing her at every turn.