Leylah Fernandez is on a great winning streak, extending it to seven matches at the 2023 Jiangxi Open , a Wta 250 tournament in Nanchang.
After her final run at the 2021 US Open, many expected the young Canadian to shoot to the stars, yet, that did not really happen. While playing solid tennis, she missed big results, and those now seem to be coming.
Fernandez won the 2023 Hong Kong Open , and she returned to the Top 50 as a result . Immediately after her triumph, the 21-year-old wasted no time as she moved to Nanchang for the 2023 Jiangxi Open.
After winning first-round match against Hanyu Guo, the Canadian had to wait for her second-round match, as that was postponed, and because of that, she'll have to play two matches on Friday.
In her second-round match, she took on another native player, Xiaodi You, who defeated Anna Blinkova in the opening round. The Chinese player was an underdog in the match,...
After her final run at the 2021 US Open, many expected the young Canadian to shoot to the stars, yet, that did not really happen. While playing solid tennis, she missed big results, and those now seem to be coming.
Fernandez won the 2023 Hong Kong Open , and she returned to the Top 50 as a result . Immediately after her triumph, the 21-year-old wasted no time as she moved to Nanchang for the 2023 Jiangxi Open.
After winning first-round match against Hanyu Guo, the Canadian had to wait for her second-round match, as that was postponed, and because of that, she'll have to play two matches on Friday.
In her second-round match, she took on another native player, Xiaodi You, who defeated Anna Blinkova in the opening round. The Chinese player was an underdog in the match,...
- 10/20/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Leylah Fernandez backed fellow 2021 US Open finalist Emma Raducanu to return to her top level as the Brit struggles on the Wta Tour.
Fernandez won trophies since the US Open run, but it's not what people really expected from her. She was supposed to solidify herself as one of the better players on Tour, but it didn't happen due to injuries and other factors.
She recently won a trophy in Hong Kong , so perhaps that's a part of something new that she hopes for Emma Raducanu as well. The Brit should return at the Australian Open next year after missing much of this year with several injuries .
When she did play, she looked really solid, but she simply hasn't been healthy enough to compete regularly, and that's the hope. There are some parallels between them which is why Fernandez is bullish on Raducanu's future after seeing her own battle.
Well,...
Fernandez won trophies since the US Open run, but it's not what people really expected from her. She was supposed to solidify herself as one of the better players on Tour, but it didn't happen due to injuries and other factors.
She recently won a trophy in Hong Kong , so perhaps that's a part of something new that she hopes for Emma Raducanu as well. The Brit should return at the Australian Open next year after missing much of this year with several injuries .
When she did play, she looked really solid, but she simply hasn't been healthy enough to compete regularly, and that's the hope. There are some parallels between them which is why Fernandez is bullish on Raducanu's future after seeing her own battle.
Well,...
- 10/17/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Festivals past are populating a busy specialty market this weekend with films from Sundance and Venice. Sony Pictures Classics is giving Randall Park’s Shortcomings a substantial 400+ screen release. See Deadline review. Mubi is out with Passages in New York and LA – both premiered to critical acclaim in Park City.
There’s been some drama around the latter after the MPA gave the Ira Sachs film an Nc-17 rating, which Mubi “officially rejected.” The distributor/streamer/producer said it “remains committed to releasing Passages nationwide in its original version as the filmmaker intended, with our full backing, unrated and uncut.” Rates a 94% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Deadline review here.
Casey Affleck and Noah Jupe-starring Dreamin’ Wild from Roadside Attractions on 400 screens follows the life of singer-musician brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. Deadline review. Magnolia’s A Compassionate Spy, coming in the wake of blockbuster Oppenheimer, is an espionage...
There’s been some drama around the latter after the MPA gave the Ira Sachs film an Nc-17 rating, which Mubi “officially rejected.” The distributor/streamer/producer said it “remains committed to releasing Passages nationwide in its original version as the filmmaker intended, with our full backing, unrated and uncut.” Rates a 94% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Deadline review here.
Casey Affleck and Noah Jupe-starring Dreamin’ Wild from Roadside Attractions on 400 screens follows the life of singer-musician brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. Deadline review. Magnolia’s A Compassionate Spy, coming in the wake of blockbuster Oppenheimer, is an espionage...
- 8/4/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 4 (Ians) Brazil international striker Pedro Santos could join Benfica ahead of the upcoming European season, according to media reports in the South American country.
The Portuguese giants view the 26-year-old as an ideal replacement for Goncalo Ramos, who is expected to accept an offer from Paris Saint-Germain, newspaper O Globo said on Thursday.
It added that Benfica are also considering a move for River Plate striker Lucas Beltran, reports Xinhua.
Pedro has more than four years to run on his Flamengo contract but has reportedly told close friends and family that he wants to leave the top Brazilian club.
The 26-year-old has struggled for first-team opportunities this season and was the centre of controversy last weekend when he was involved in a physical altercation with Pablo Fernandez, the Flamengo assistant coach. Fernandez was sacked by the club on Sunday.
Pedro has scored 93 goals in 192 matches...
The Portuguese giants view the 26-year-old as an ideal replacement for Goncalo Ramos, who is expected to accept an offer from Paris Saint-Germain, newspaper O Globo said on Thursday.
It added that Benfica are also considering a move for River Plate striker Lucas Beltran, reports Xinhua.
Pedro has more than four years to run on his Flamengo contract but has reportedly told close friends and family that he wants to leave the top Brazilian club.
The 26-year-old has struggled for first-team opportunities this season and was the centre of controversy last weekend when he was involved in a physical altercation with Pablo Fernandez, the Flamengo assistant coach. Fernandez was sacked by the club on Sunday.
Pedro has scored 93 goals in 192 matches...
- 8/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Writer-director Nicholas Maggio may not have intended to be self-critical when, fairly early in his debut feature “Mob Land,” he has one character observe to another about their failing small Southern town, “This whole place has become a fucking cliché.” But the longer this slackly paced rural noir continues, the more that dialogue seems in retrospect like fair warning. Borrowing freely from “No Country for Old Men,” “Collateral” and maybe a dozen or so other superior films, Maggio has cobbled together a modestly diverting, effectively atmospheric but blatantly derivative crime drama sprinkled with a few joltingly nasty plot twists.
It helps a lot that the first-time feature filmmaker has cast just about every role with an actor fully committed to their part. Better still, some of the briefly glimpsed supporting players do their bit to ratchet up the suspense by conveying sweaty desperation, darkly comical fury, or both.
At one point,...
It helps a lot that the first-time feature filmmaker has cast just about every role with an actor fully committed to their part. Better still, some of the briefly glimpsed supporting players do their bit to ratchet up the suspense by conveying sweaty desperation, darkly comical fury, or both.
At one point,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
Iga Swiatek became world number one on April 4th, 2022, and she's yet to lose that ranking being number one after Roland Garros as well.
Becoming world number one was certainly a dream for Swiatek, one she thought impossible for quite a while. It finally happened last year and it was deserved, even though Ashleigh Barty's retirement made it a bit easier. She took it with her own merit winning multiple events in the early stages of 2022 confirming that rank by winning two grand slams later as well.
She's still the number one successfully defending her rank at Roland Garros . It wasn't something she was paying attention to very much wanting to win the trophy first and foremost. By doing that she remained the number one player in the world.
The most likely player to dethrone her, Aryna Sabalenka , remained as number two right now but the difference is only...
Becoming world number one was certainly a dream for Swiatek, one she thought impossible for quite a while. It finally happened last year and it was deserved, even though Ashleigh Barty's retirement made it a bit easier. She took it with her own merit winning multiple events in the early stages of 2022 confirming that rank by winning two grand slams later as well.
She's still the number one successfully defending her rank at Roland Garros . It wasn't something she was paying attention to very much wanting to win the trophy first and foremost. By doing that she remained the number one player in the world.
The most likely player to dethrone her, Aryna Sabalenka , remained as number two right now but the difference is only...
- 6/12/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Taylor Townsend showed her big heart when he comforted Leylah Fernandez after losing in the 2023 Roland Garros doubles final.
As the last ball was hit, and the umpire announced the result of the 2023 Roland Garros Wta doubles final match in favor of Su-Wei Hsieh and Xinyu Wang, the celebrations started on Court Philippe Chatrier.
However, on the other side of the court, Leylah Fernandez was really disappointed after losing her maiden Grand Slam doubles final as the duo fell short in a tight three-set battle, losing 6-1, 6-7(5), 1-6.
Despite the scoreline, the story of this final stretched beyond the boundaries of statistics, game, set, and match. Instead, it was a story of camaraderie, empathy, and the human spirit personified through the comforting embrace of Townsend to a visibly disappointed Fernandez.
With previous experiences of Grand Slam finals each, Townsend and Fernandez were no strangers to the intense pressure that these events command.
As the last ball was hit, and the umpire announced the result of the 2023 Roland Garros Wta doubles final match in favor of Su-Wei Hsieh and Xinyu Wang, the celebrations started on Court Philippe Chatrier.
However, on the other side of the court, Leylah Fernandez was really disappointed after losing her maiden Grand Slam doubles final as the duo fell short in a tight three-set battle, losing 6-1, 6-7(5), 1-6.
Despite the scoreline, the story of this final stretched beyond the boundaries of statistics, game, set, and match. Instead, it was a story of camaraderie, empathy, and the human spirit personified through the comforting embrace of Townsend to a visibly disappointed Fernandez.
With previous experiences of Grand Slam finals each, Townsend and Fernandez were no strangers to the intense pressure that these events command.
- 6/11/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Paris, June 9 (Ians) The No.10 seeds Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend needed just 64 minutes to book their place in the first Grand Slam final together, defeating No.2 seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-0, 6-4 in the women’s doubles semifinals at the French Open, here on Friday.
With this, Townsend advanced to her second major final, having been runner-up alongside Caty McNally at last year’s US Open to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
For Fernandez, the 2021 US Open runner-up in singles, the result marked her first Grand Slam final in doubles. They will face either No.6 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez or the unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei and Wang Xinyu for the title.
The Canadian-American duo first teamed up at Indian Wells in March, and their record together now stands at 14-4. The defeat of Gauff and Pegula reverses the result of the Miami final, which the all-American...
With this, Townsend advanced to her second major final, having been runner-up alongside Caty McNally at last year’s US Open to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
For Fernandez, the 2021 US Open runner-up in singles, the result marked her first Grand Slam final in doubles. They will face either No.6 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez or the unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei and Wang Xinyu for the title.
The Canadian-American duo first teamed up at Indian Wells in March, and their record together now stands at 14-4. The defeat of Gauff and Pegula reverses the result of the Miami final, which the all-American...
- 6/9/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Coco Gauff and, especially, Jessica Pegula have been denied a chance to become the highest-ranked doubles players on the Wta Tour at the 2023 Roland Garros .
After an early loss of the top-seeded team at the 2023 Roland Garros, Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, the American duo had a chance to do something they were far from for quite some time.
Last year in August, Gauff reached the world no. 1 spot in doubles , with her doubles partner Pegula, being logically right behind her. There were a few events that the two didn't play together and thanks to that, the teenager had more points at the time.
However, the tables turned and currently, Pegula leads Gauff by 90 points. That meant that if the duo won the 2023 Roland Garros, the 29-year-old would reach her new career-high and for the first time become the doubles world no. 1.
But fellow American Taylor Townsend and Leylah Fernandez from Canada had different plans.
After an early loss of the top-seeded team at the 2023 Roland Garros, Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, the American duo had a chance to do something they were far from for quite some time.
Last year in August, Gauff reached the world no. 1 spot in doubles , with her doubles partner Pegula, being logically right behind her. There were a few events that the two didn't play together and thanks to that, the teenager had more points at the time.
However, the tables turned and currently, Pegula leads Gauff by 90 points. That meant that if the duo won the 2023 Roland Garros, the 29-year-old would reach her new career-high and for the first time become the doubles world no. 1.
But fellow American Taylor Townsend and Leylah Fernandez from Canada had different plans.
- 6/9/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
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