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The Canadian Press
Abdulhamid Ibrahim
TORONTO — Canada's Leila Fernandez returned to the court Monday night with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3 victory. I came. The National She Banked She Opened in the opening round against Australia's Storm Her Sanders.
For Fernández (from Raval, Coué), it will be her first competition since she suffered a stress fracture in her leg when she lost to Martina Trevisan in the quarterfinals on May 31. is.
After start time Fernandez and Sanders waste little time getting to work as Sloane Stevens' match with Sophia Kenin was previously interrupted and the final set had to be completed. I didn't do it.
Her four deuces in the first game alone, which Fernandez rounded out with a forehand. This was her one of her four games in the first set, her other three consisting of her 1, 6 and 1 deuces.
Fernandez, ranked 13th in the world, will face Brazil's Beatriz Maia next Wednesday.
Fernandez beat Sanders with a 3-2 lead. At 40-all, it was Saunders who quickly tied things together with an ace and a powerful forehand.
After taking the next game, Fernandez found herself in another her 40-all situation. This time on her 6 deuce, both players lost the advantage on her error unforced or the other cut through with a clutch his forehand her shot.
Sanders' forehand again tied him 4-4 after the 19-year-old missed his three break point chances. In the game he led 5-4, but in the 10th game he led 15-40. deuce went down his line on the left flank.
Sanders' serve and set point saw Fernandez double his fault to win him 6-4.
In the second set, the standings turned in favor of his 20th-ranked Sanders.
Saunders finished the first game with a forehand after gaining a post-deuce advantage and led 40-15 before finishing the next game with a forehand opposite Fernandez, 2. -0 read.
After committing a number of double faults, Fernandez used his two Sanders forehands to pick himself back up. After gaining the advantage with a quick forehand, Sanders' error cut the deficit to 2-1.
Fernandez escalated from there.
Fernandes tied the game for the second straight game as Saunders struggled with errors after Fernandes took his 15-0 lead on the forehand.
At 5-4, Fernandez missed a chance to close the set and the game went to his third deuce, with the Canadian's two errors allowing Saunders to tie the tie again.
After trading his next two his games, Fernandez struggled with his error unforced, going wide and hitting the net. Sanders won the final game he took 7-2 and won the set 7-6(2).
In the final set, both players found themselves playing another match back and forth — until Fernandez figured out how to win back-to-back games again. Then a crosscourt forehand followed by Saunders unforced his error and Fernandez took a 3-2 lead after his 2-1 down. After trading a game, Fernandes led by his 4-3, before a forehand by Fernandes and another error by Saunders allowed the Canadian to lead his 5-3 by two. of players went to 6 deuces.
Fernandez scored with the home crowd behind.
As in many other games that night, Fernandez took advantage of Sanders' shot that hit the net. A relieved Fernandez closed out the set, ending the match 6-3, before Sanders made another mistake and crossed the baseline.
This Canadian Press report was first published on August 8, 2022
