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Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches final of WTA's Singapore Tennis Open

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The Canadian Press. (2026, September 26). Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches final of WTA's Singapore Tennis Open. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/tennis/canada-s-leylah-fernandez-reaches-final-of-wta-s-singapore-tennis-open/article_e904f20e-0f66-5e28-bb87-35ee471f9e48.html

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Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez reached the final of the WTA's Singapore Tennis Open on Saturday after defeating Poland’s Maja Chwalinska in three sets. Ranked 31st globally, Fernandez won with scores of 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, overcoming an early deficit to secure her place in Sunday's championship match against Talia Gibson from Australia. The article focuses on Fernandez's performance and her reaction to the enthusiastic crowd in Singapore.
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Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the final of the Singapore Tennis Open on Saturday after defeating Poland’s Maja Chwalinska in three sets with scores of 1-6, 6-4, and 6-2. On Sunday, Fernandez secured her first title of the season by beating Australia’s Talia Gibson in straight sets with a score of 7-5, 6-0. This win marks Fernandez's sixth career title and her second WTA 500 title after winning the D.C. Open in July 2025. The victory improves her record to 6-3 in final appearances and comes a year after she last claimed a title at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open in Osaka in October 2025.

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📰 Leylah Fernandez Wins Singapore Open
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Canada Laval Poland SINGAPORE the Singapore Tennis Open

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Fernandez PERSON · 10× Chwalinska PERSON · 4× Gibson PERSON · 2× Canada GPE · 1× Laval GPE · 1× Leylah Fernandez PERSON · 1× Maja Chwalinska PERSON · 1× Poland GPE · 1× Que GPE · 1× SINGAPORE GPE · 1×

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The 24-year-old was broken in her first three service games Saturday and took just one point on return as Chwalinska, a French Open finalist in June, raced to a 5-0 lead.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-26
🔮 Fernandez, the sixth seed, will face Australia’s Talia Gibson in Sunday’s final in the first meeting of the two women.
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star
Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches final of WTA's Singapore Tennis Open · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 0 hedged)

Canada’s Leylah Fernandez advanced to the final of the Singapore Tennis Open with a three-sets win over Maja Chwalinska of Poland on Saturday. asserted
Fernandez → advance → Saturday
Fernandez of Laval, Que., prevailed 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 over the fifth-seeded Chwalinska to reach her first final this season and the ninth of her career. asserted
Fernandez → prevail → career
Fernandez, the sixth seed, will face Australia’s Talia Gibson in Sunday’s final in the first meeting of the two women. asserted
Fernandez → face → women
Fernandez is ranked 31st in the world and Gibson 63rd. asserted
Gibson → rank → world
“Can’t get enough of this crowd,” Fernandez wrote on her Instagram account. asserted
Fernandez → get → account
“Let’s do it again tomorrow!!” asserted
’s → let → it
Fernandez seeks her sixth career title and first since October of 2025 when she claimed the Kinoshita Group Japan Open in Osaka. asserted
she → seek → Osaka
The 24-year-old was broken in her first three service games Saturday and took just one point on return as Chwalinska, a French Open finalist in June, raced to a 5-0 lead. asserted
Chwalinska → break → lead
Fernandez extended the set after breaking the Pole in the sixth game, but then lost serve to drop the first set. asserted
Fernandez → extend → set
Fernandez revived, however, to take a 2-0 lead in the second set. asserted
Fernandez → revive → set
Tied 4-4, the Canadian’s backhand swinging volley broke Chwalinska, and Fernandez served out the set. asserted
Fernandez → tie → set
Fernandez took control in the third set when she scored back-to-back breaks for a 4-1 lead en route to victory. asserted
she → take → victory
Fernandez hit 31 winners to Chwalinska’s 15, but also committed 43 unforced errors to her opponent’s 28. asserted
Fernandez → hit → 28
Gibson defeated Tatiana Prozorova of Russia in a walkover. asserted
Gibson → defeat → walkover
Prozorova said she was unfairly withdrawn from the semifinal because of a doctor’s concerns about a concussion. asserted
she → say → concussion
She was struck in the face by a ball during a doubles quarterfinal, which prompted an assessment. asserted
which → strike → assessment
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2026. asserted
report → publish → Press
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