Leylah Fernandez is one of five Canadian women in the National Bank Open's singles tournament that starts on Monday at Toronto's Sobeys Stadium. The 19-year-old was only cleared to play in the tournament last Thursday and is one of several players hoping for an impactful return to play at the WTA event.
TORONTO - A lingering foot injury that kept Canada's Leylah Fernandez out of action for over two months was also an opportunity for her to learn about herself.“I thought I was going to be extremely patient and that I was going to be able to take that time off and accept it,” Fernandez said of the injury suffered on May 31 in a French Open quarterfinal against Italy's Martina Trevisan.
Bianca Andreescu, from nearby Mississauga, Ont., is also looking for a return of sorts. She won the event in 2019 - when it was still called the Rogers Cup - and then earned her first Grand Slam title, winning the U.S. Open for her best season ever. The victories, which both came off of all-time great Serena Williams, propelled Andreescu up to world No. 4.
“I practised today and I already felt much better than all the other days that I've been practising,” said Andreescu, who added she saw a lot of familiar faces in the crowd during her training session.Toronto is hosting the women's side of the tournament and Montreal the men's events.
Seventeen-year-old Marina Stakusic, also from Mississauga, had hoped to become the sixth Canadian in the singles tournament but lost to Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 on Sunday in the second round of qualifying at the WTA event.
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