Leylah Fernandez brings out inner Rocky while training for Miami: "Couldn't resist"

Canadian tennis star Leylah Fernandez had some fun over the weekend as she prepared for the 2023 Miami Open, sharing a video where she trained to the iconic Rocky theme song "Gonna Fly Now".

The 202i US Open finalist fell to Caroline Garcia at the recently concluded Indian Wells event, in a grueling three-set match. The 20-year old has not let this dampen her spirits, as she took to social media on March 20 to share some footage of herself training in Florida ahead of Miami.

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Fernandez recreated one of the most iconic scenes in movie history when she added "Gonna Fly Now" to a video of her running up the stairs at the stadium, similar to a scene in Rocky where the title character runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the 1976 movie.

"Couldn't resist this music pairing 😂," Leylah Fernandez wrote on her Instagram story.