Tennis
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez retired from her first-round match at the San Diego Open due to injury on Tuesday against Germany’s Tatjana Maria.
Quebec native won opening set before falling behind 4-0 in 2nd set and exiting The Canadian Press
· Posted: Feb 27, 2024 9:15 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours ago
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, seen above earlier in February, exited her first-round match at the San Diego Open on Tuesday with an injury. (Hussein Sayed/The Associated Press)Canada’s Leylah Fernandez retired from her first-round match at the San Diego Open due to injury on Tuesday against Germany’s Tatjana Maria.
Fernandez, the eighth seed at the tournament, had won the opening set before the match concluded in the second, with the score being 7-6 (7), 0-4.
Maria will next face Australia’s Daria Saville in the second round.
Fernandez had one ace and won 51.4 per cent of her first-serve points. The Laval, Que., native also broke on two of her six chances.
WATCH | Fernandez injured in San Diego:
Canada’s Fernandez retires from opening match at San Diego OpenLeylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., retired from her opening round match against Germany’s Tatjana Maria Tuesday at the San Diego Open, with a left shoulder injury.
Marina Stakusic is the only other Canadian at the event.
She advanced to the second round with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 win on Monday against Russia’s Marina Melnikova.
