Canadathe first Spanish rival in the Billie Jean King Cup 2023 Finalshas Leylah as the undisputed number 1 Fernández, one of the best young players on the WTA circuit. To wield the second racket the captain, Heidi El Tabakhyou must decide between Rebecca MarinoEugenie BouchardMarina Stakusic and Gabriela Dabrowskiperhaps with more options for this one as the 2023 US Open doubles champion that she is.
The fact of Eugenie Bouchard with keep up on the Canadian team and continues to fight to return to the front line is a point in his favor. On several occasions he has stated that he could live comfortably the rest of his life. without playing tennis again. But not because of what was achieved in the latest seasons but in the first. In 2014 she reached the final of Wimbledon and the semi-finals of the Open the Australia y Roland Garros. He also won Nurembergwhich remains her only WTA triumph.
‘Genie’, in addition, rose and quickly joined the crest of the ‘glamour‘tennis. In the times when, still relatively recent, the memory of Anna Kournikova and with Maria Sharapova in the limelight of popularity, the arrival of the photogenic ‘Genie’ was welcomed with enthusiasm. She did advertising, starred in the famous annual issue of the swimsuit gallery from Sport Illustrated magazine and, on his own, he reached giveaway on social networks dinners with his followers.
But then came the tennis decline, accompanied by some injuries. Nowadays, Eugenie’s past helps her achieve ‘wild cards’ in quite a few tournaments to which he would not have access due to his ranking, because he occupies the position 273 from the WTA. However, it is not customary to see it much beyond the second round and that in those conditions he prolongs his career and, this year, his season until the last moment counts as a declaration of fidelity to tennis, although next year he will broaden his horizons and enroll in one of the American professional competitions of Pickleball.
Recently, when he came to Spain via Germany to play in the finals of the BJK Cup, The German official in charge of reviewing his papers did not care. it sounded your name. “You are a professional tennis player like Novak Djokovic“, he told her. She narrated it on her social networks. However, here in Seville she has talked about the illusion that makes him play with his country, in equipment, even though he has done it many times. “It’s always nice. I’m glad the calendar has dates for this.”
Leylah Fernández, in the past Open Villa de Madrid
On the other hand, Leylah Fernández is still at the other end of the tennis arc. To his 21 years, She is ranked 30th in the WTA and has shown the potential to reach higher. Daughter of an Ecuadorian and a Filipino, multilingual in English, French and Spanish, she won in 2019 Roland Garros junior and reached the final of the Open Australia in the same category. In 2021 he played in the absolute final of the US Openwith Emna Raducanu as a rival and this same season also reached the final of Roland Garrosin doubles, with Taylor Townsend. Trained by the Spanish Julián Alonsowho at the end of the 20th century, in his brief time at the top of the ATP, had a reputation as a great ‘gunner’, combines his effectiveness on the court with his claim of women’s tennis and parity of prizes: “My team does not charge me less for being a woman,” she declares.
This same season Leilah Fernández played the semi-finals Open W80 Villa de Madridin which he fell before Sara you smile. Bouchard, on the other hand, has both Sara as Paula Badosa among her last significant victories, although the Castellón native had barely recovered from her injury when she faced her this year in Bogotá. Today she plays again.
2023-11-07 19:49:30
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