After a run to the semifinals at the National Bank Open in Toronto this past week, sisters Leylah Annie Fernandez and Bianca Jolie Fernandez have their eyes on Los Angeles 2028. Mark Masters has more.
After losing in straight sets to American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger in the second round of the National Bank Open, Canada's top-ranked singles player on the WTA Tour, Leylah Annie Fernandez, was full of frustration.
The sister act eventually came to an end in Sunday's semifinal when the top-seeded team of Ottawa's Gaby Dabrowski and Caledon, Ont.-raised Erin Routliffe claimed a 6-2, 6-4 victory at Sobeys Stadium. "We both played bad in different moments," she said while turning to her sister."It wasn't just you, Leylah. You know, biggest takeaway is that they crowded the net, we had to get out of the middle, and we were a little bit too passive in the beginning.""They are very fiery," the Olympic bronze medallist in mixed doubles observed.
Bianca Jolie referred to this opportunity to partner up as"a gift." They last joined forces at the 2022 tournament in Toronto where they also received a wild-card entry. That year they won one match before bowing out. when asked what it was like to see them play together. The sisters were born in Montreal, but Toronto is a special place for the family.
"In my head I just thought, 'Bite down. Don't let go,'" Bianca Jolie said after that win."I didn't double fault the whole match and then I did it in a very important moment. She came up to me and she repeated what I kept saying to her every match, which is,She just calmed me down that way and I thought, 'Don't let go. Don't let go.'"
Leylah Annie is a lefty while Bianca Jolie is a righty, but that's not the biggest difference between the two.
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