Big time comeback from Leylah 🚨 🇨🇦 Leylah Annie Fernandez recovers from a set and a break down to beat 🇨🇳 Yuan Yue 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and advance to the second round of @CincyTennis After a fairly dismal set and a half, she found her form when it mattered most. Character win.
Leylah Fernandez, Anna Kalinskaya and Diana Shnaider among winners at Cincinnati Open
WTAWednesday, 14 August 2024 at 20:41
The first round continues at the Cincinnati Open with victories for Leylah Fernandez, Diana Shnaider and Anna Kalinskaya among others on Wednesday evening.
Fernandez had to toil to win through as she defeated Yue Yuan in a 2-1 sets win. She claimed it 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in just over two hours. The Canadian who had a poor homecoming last week in Toronto went 3-1 up initially in the opening set but Yuan came back to go 4-3 up winning three games in a row. She won five in a row in the end to seal the set as Fernandez hardly won another point after 3-3.
In the second set, Fernandez finished it off in an opposite result. She was on the verge of defeat at 4-2 but the Canadian turned it around to go 5-4 up before sealing the set.
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The third set saw Fernandez lead 3-1 with a break. But she cemented it at 4-2 with a hold en route to claiming the win. Next up is the returning Elena Rybakina in the second round. Shnaider is in the same section who now faces Ashlyn Krueger who took down Donna Vekic yesterday.
Shnaider continued the misery for Shuai Zhang and her own form continued as she eased through 6-1, 6-4 in just under an hour. An emphatic win for the new World No.20 who keeps rising.
Anna Kalinskaya hasn't been the best as of late retiring injured from Wimbledon. She didn't play Washington and retired during the Canadian Open. But she was back to winning ways on Wednesday evening.
She won through in just under two hours against Katerina Siniakova in a tough test. After slumping to a 6-1 opening set loss, Kalinskaya breezed through the next two 6-2, 6-3. Next up as a result is Paula Badosa who took down home hero Peyton Stearns.
They sit in the same section as a certain Coco Gauff who faces off against Yulia Putintseva tomorrow in the second round.
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AceOfBase17-09-2024 - FYI: The term 'snub' is a much overused verb by writers of sensationalist rags. [SNUB: rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully]. That is not the definition of what is going on with frequent withdrawals from tournaments.
mandoist16-09-2024 - No offence, Mr. Lloyd, but where have you been the past two years?? How long have you been a tennis fan? This 'article' may be informative for newbies or fair-weather tennis observers but the majority of fans know the root of the multiple issues within WTA. The #1 issue being the subject of health & well-being which has been (or has attempted to be) addressed with the WTA Elitist council members last season. WTA was extremely dismissive of players' concerns and opposed to such a meeting. Eventually giving-in due to publicity and allowed selective players only -- no rep's, no medical personnel, and no team members. The meeting was a farce as WTA soon after that released an even more hectic schedule... with mandatory tourneys! Guess they weren't taking notes?? BTW: There is a lot missing from this piece concerning "withdrawals". No writer has yet taken the jump to get behind the scenes and dig at the problems -- obvious organizational problems. IMO, the top two issues are WTA's lack of proper attention to health & well-being of its Money-Makers; and Financial Greed. Tip to Mr. Lloyd: there is no "snubbing" when these players withdraw. These women have to take such measures as withdrawing from a tourney, and occasional time-off from the circuit, to protect themselves -- because WTA refuses to take any measures at all (although not allowing matches until sunrise is a start). Surely you can do better than point fingers at players. The finger-pointing should be directed entirely at WTA (and ATP). Be a true journalist, Mr. Lloyd, and research them!!mandoist16-09-2024
- Uh-oh.... Now Raducanu is being forced to compete! Let's see who withdraws next... I wonder??mandoist15-09-2024
- And this is such a shock to WTA?? How many times are they (WTA & ATP) going to keep stepping in their own s*** ???mandoist15-09-2024
