Like Emma Raducanu, the Canadian has found it difficult after her breakout 2021 but the skills and fighting spirit are still there Within a few games of Leylah Fernandez's second-round match against Belinda Bencic at the Miami Open on Friday, defeat already seemed inevitable. As Bencic squeezed up to the baseline, suffocating the young Canadian with her early ball-striking and sharp redirections, Fernandez could not keep up. She tried to hold her own position inside the baseline, but was easily ...
Leylah Fernandez's struggles on show in Miami but she has grit to rise again
The Guardian - 25 Mar 2023 15:53
Like Emma Raducanu, the Canadian has found it difficult after her breakout 2021 but the skills and fighting spirit are still there Within a few games of Leylah Fernandez's second-round match against Belinda Bencic at the Miami Open on Friday, defeat already seemed inevitable. As Bencic squeezed up to the baseline, suffocating the young Canadian with her early ball-striking and sharp redirections, Fernandez could not keep up. She tried to hold her own position inside the baseline, but was easily ...
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