NEW YORK: Canadian teen sensation Leylah Fernandez advanced to his first grand slam final on Thursday by beating the number two world Aryna Sabalenka from the semi-finals of Open US.
Prodigy 19-year-old eliminates the Semi-finalist Wimbledon sabalenka 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 and can arrest his first mahkota slam on Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“I don’t know how I got that last point, but I’m glad it’s and I’m glad I was in the final,” Fernandez said.
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Fernandez, the 73rd left hander, made the top-five top-Five Her of the Open sabalenka, after previously overthrowing the defending champion Naomi Osaka and Elina fifth seeded.
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Not because Serena Williams in 2012 at Wimbledon has a player defeating three rank rivals in the top five in the Grand Slam.
“I don’t care.
I just want to play the final,” Fernandez said.
“I’ll enjoy my victory and worry about that tomorrow.”
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Fernandez, who is 19 years old Monday, has never been deeper than the third round in six initial slam starting.
Sabalenka broke out in the second match match at the forehand volleyball winner and dominated the initial with electrical shots, but Fernandez found the shape and went bankrupt again to 4-3 on a sabalenka double error and they held.
tie-breaker.
Father’s coach Fernandez Jorge preached mental toughness in his training and it showed in the bond.
Sabalenka, 23, clamp forehand with a wide open court to hand over Fernandez 3-2.
The teenager never trailed after that, won the last four points to claim the first set in 53 minutes.
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Fernandez detonated the service winner to lead 4-3, seeing the wrong sabalenka crashing into a wide smash and a double error, then firing another service winner for the set, pushing the director of the Ashe Stadium music to play Eric Clapton Song “Layla” when The crowd roared.
“I don’t know (how I won),” said Fernandez.
“I would say it thanks to the crowd of New York.
They helped me.
They cheered for me.
They never gave up.”
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Sabalenka went bankrupt to open the second set but Fernandez rose back to 2-2 with the winner of the backhand sliced.
Fernandez, however, send long forehand to submit a break in the ninth game and sabalenka held on love to force the third set.
After the exchange of rest in the sixth and seventh games, Fernandez holds 5-4 and sabalenka destroyed the match on the phone, issued a back-to-back double error and sent back to 0-40 and sent a forehand Long fall after two hours and 21 minutes.
Fernandez reached 26 winners with 23 unplanted errors for 52 mistakes that were not released by sabalenka with 45 winners.
