US Open 2021: Fearless Leylah Fernandez ends Elina Svitolina’s unbeaten run, storms into semi-finals

Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez continued her US Open dream run on Tuesday by storming into her first Grand Slam semi-final with a battling 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) win over Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina.

It was one more upset win for Fernandez however hardly a shock contemplating she had already knocked out four-time main champion Naomi Osaka within the third spherical and three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber within the fourth.

If there was any lingering fear that the fearless Canadian would buckle below the mounting strain, Fernandez eliminated it by prevailing in a nerve-jangling third set tiebreak 7-5 to clinch a spot within the final 4.

Rated top-of-the-line gamers but to win a significant, Svitolina might need fancied her probabilities of returning to the U.S. Open semi-finals towards a 73rd-ranked teen.

However Fernandez, who celebrated her nineteenth birthday on Monday, has proven that she is not any bizarre teenager after registering a string of upsets which have made her a Flushing Meadows darling.

Fernandez could be joined by fellow Canadian teen Felix Auger-Alliasime, who beat Spaniard Carloz Alcaraz in males’s singles.

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