Fernandez tops Vismane as Canada sweeps Latvia to make Billie Jean King Cup finals

Canada is through to the Billie Jean King Cup finals after Leylah Fernandez beat Latvia's Daniela Vismane 6-2, 6-1 in a qualifier in Vancouver on Saturday.

The result gave the Canadians a 3-0 sweep of the series after Fernandez beat Latvian No. 2 seed Darja Semenistaja 6-1, 6-2 on Friday and Canada's second seed Rebecca Marino battled Vismane to a 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 victory.

Fernandez, ranked 21st in the world, took five of eight break points and won 76 per cent of her first serve points against Vismane, the world No. 230.

Canada came into the indoor hard court qualifier sitting in ninth spot in the Billie Jean King Cup rankings while Latvia was at No. 14.

Last year, Canada upset France in the round robin portion of the tournament before losing to the Russian Tennis Federation.

Latvia is playing the qualifier without two of its top players, including world No. 11 Jelena Ostapenko, who suffered a wrist injury at the Miami Open.

Anastasija Sevastova is also out after announcing in January that she was taking a break from tennis to deal with an undisclosed ailment.

Latvia lost to the U.S. in qualifiers last year.