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Fernandez, the last remaining seeded player at the evet got the better of the 35-year-old Cirstea in a three-setter with a score of 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Leylah Fernandez. (Picture credit: AFP)
Canadian tennis ace Leylah Fernandez moved into the final of the Japan Open on Saturday following her semifinal triumph over Sorana Cirstea.
Fernandez, the last remaining seeded player at the evet got the better of the 35-year-old Cirstea in a three-setter with a score of 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
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At 4-4 in the deciding set on Saturday, Fernandez broke Cîrstea’s serve and then held her own serve in the next game to advance.
The fourth-seeded Canadian will face either Jaqueline Cristian or 18-year-old Tereza Valentova, a qualifier. Cristian and Valentova played their semifinal later on Saturday.
Cristian advanced to the semifinals after top-seeded Naomi Osaka withdrew with a left leg injury on Friday, giving the Romanian player a walkover in her quarterfinal.
Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open runner-up, has now reached her eighth career final. Her only semifinal appearance this season was at the WTA 500 D.C. Open, where she defeated Anna Kalinskaya in the final to claim her fourth WTA singles title.
Fernandez lost in three sets to Coco Gauff in the second round of the China Open in late September.
October 18, 2025, 14:00 IST
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