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Leylah Fernandez reeled off nine straight games to seize her sixth title.<\/p>\n
Richard PagliaroSeptember 27, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n
By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, September 27, 2026
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Empowered by the belief no ball was a lost cause, Leylah Fernandez unleashed a titanic turnaround to rule Singapore.<\/p>\n
Fernandez fought off a set point at 4-5 in the opener then fired through nine consecutive games defeating Talia Gibson, 7-5, 6-0, to claim her first title of the season at the Singapore Tennis Open today.<\/p>\n
It is Fernandez\u2019s sixth career championship\u2014all on hard courts\u2014and first since she beat Sorana Cirstea and Tereza Valentova in succession to capture Osaka last October.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Playing with energy and exuberance, Fernandez completely turned the match around with her second straight comeback win. Yesterday, Fernandez fought off French Open finalist Maja Chwalinska 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2021 US Open finalist Fernandez converted six of 12 break points and won 19 of 32 points played on Gibson\u2019s second second serve in today\u2019s final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Serving at 4-5, Fernandez fended off a set point in a demanding game, eventually holding to level.<\/p>\n
A superb running forehand strike down the line helped Fernandez crack Gibson\u2019s serve in the 11th game. On her fourth break point, Fernandez drew the error breaking for 6-5.<\/p>\n
Serving for the set, Fernandez saved two break points, including a short-angle slice ace out wide to draw even at deuce. Gibson netted a second-serve return as Fernandez pumped her first three times snatching set point.<\/p>\n
When Gibson\u2019s forehand fell wide, Fernandez seized the 66-minute opener with a shout just three games after saving a set point.<\/p>\n
Rallying through a physical first set empowered Fernandez, who broke again to start the second set.<\/p>\n
The sixth-seeded Canadian cranked a forehand strike down the line holding at 30 to confirm the break for 7-5, 2-0.<\/p>\n
An energized Fernandez was dotting the corners with her drives forcing Gibson to counter from challenging places on court. Gibson dragged a forehand wide as Fernandez broke again for her sixth straight game and a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
In full flight, Fernandez surged through 12 of the final 15 points.<\/p>\n
Driving a deep crosscourt backhand, Fernandez coaxed one final netted reply to seal her status as Singapore champion on a nine-game run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz Leylah Fernandez reeled off nine straight games to seize her sixth title. Richard PagliaroSeptember 27, 20262…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-908183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}