The Grit File: Leylah Fernandez Outlasts Magdalena Fręch in a Strasbourg Thriller 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
A Battle Before Paris
Strasbourg, France – The clay of the Patrice Dominguez Court has seen its share of drama, but on a crisp afternoon at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Leylah Fernandez reminded the tennis world why she owns one of the most dangerous scorelines in the women’s game. The 22-year-old Canadian, a former US Open finalist with ice in her veins and a forehand that bends like a lefty’s dream, faced a rugged test from Poland’s Magdalena Fręch. And in true Fernandez fashion, she passed it the hard way: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.