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After winning three WTA 250 titles on hard courts, Canada’s Leylah Fernandez stepped up on the surface by capturing the WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open title on Sunday in Washington, D.C.
World No. 36 Leylah Fernandez swept past No. 48 Anna Kalinskaya6-1, 6-2 in the hard-court final, securing her fourth career WTA singles title.
Fernandez needed just 1 hour, 9 minutes to close out the final, becoming the first Canadian woman to win the Washington title.
“The match was very solid from my part,” Fernandez said in her post-match press. “I was very happy the way that I held my nerves. I was definitely very nervous in the beginning, but I got to play my game in the important points and kind of push through those nerves, so I was super happy about that.”
The 2021 US Open finalist Fernandez had been in a minor title drought, hoisting her most recent champion’s trophy at Hong Kong in October 2023. Her most recent final had been just over a year ago, finishing runner-up to Daria Kasatkina.
