'Super happy' Leylah Fernandez feeling 'amazing' after winning return at Canadian Open in Toronto

Leylah Fernandez says she feels “amazing” after returning to the WTA Tour with a homecoming victory at the Canadian Open in Toronto. Last year’s US Open runner-up has been out of action since making the French Open quarter-finals due to a stress fracture in her foot. Ad She was only cleared to play in Toronto a few days before the event and was given a stern first-round test as she battled past qualifier Storm Sanders 6-4 6-7(2) 6-3 in two hours and 41 minutes.

TennisFederer at 41: What's next? Will he play the US Open?15 HOURS AGO It was Canadian Fernandez’s first win in three attempts at her home tournament. «It was definitely one tough match,» said Fernandez, who faces Beatriz Haddad Maia in the second round. «It had everything.

It had great moments, bad moments, it had spectacular moments from both players. »I was just super happy that I was able to play in front of my home crowd. And also that at the end of the match my body feels amazing.

So that's a huge positive. That's the biggest win that I can ask for." Williams hints at retirement after first win in 14 months Why missing Wimbledon may help Medvedev this summer Fernandez has had a breakthrough 12 months, making the US Open final a year ago, winning her second WTA Tour title in Monterrey in March and making the last eight at the French Open. «Here in Toronto it's just like playing in front of my family, playing in front of the Canadian crowd, playing in front of all the people who have helped me, who have cheered me on throughout the years,» she said.