{"id":224920,"date":"2025-10-19T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224920\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:15:08","slug":"leylah-fernandez-beats-tereza-valentova-in-japan-open-final-to-win-5th-wta-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224920\/","title":{"rendered":"Leylah Fernandez beats Tereza Valentova in Japan Open final to win 5th WTA title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian Leylah Fernandez got off to a quick start and then had to battle to defeat Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the championship final of the Japan Women’s Open on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old Fernandez, of Laval, Que., needed only 28 minutes to win the first set, but then needed almost two more hours to close it out as the 18-year-old Valentova found her game at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka.<\/p>\n

The victory was Fernandez’s second title of 2025 and the fifth of her career, after winning the Washington Open earlier this year.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Fernandez tops Valentova to win Japan Open:\"\"<\/p>\n

Fernandez captures 5th WTA career title with victory at Japan Open<\/p>\n

Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., is the champion at the Japan Open in Osaka defeating Tereza Valentova of Czech Republic 6-0, 5-7, 6-3.<\/p>\n

After the match, the Canadian thanked her coach and father, Jorge Fernandez, as well as her team and family.<\/p>\n

“Thank you so much for suffering with me this past week, past month and past year. I also want to thank my family and loved ones back home. Without you, I wouldn’t be here,” she said. “Without everyone’s sacrifices and support, I wouldn’t be on this stage, so thank you so much for all the love and motivation you’ve given me.”<\/p>\n

Fernandez finished with three aces, seven winners and only four unforced errors and two double faults.<\/p>\n

She won 43 points while receiving, compared to Valentova’s 31.<\/p>\n

Fernandez had a 70 per cent win percentage on first serve and 46 per cent on second serve. She saved five of nine break points, while Valentova saved nine of 16.<\/p>\n

Fernandez will remain in Japan to open the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo against fellow Canadian Victoria Mboko. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian Leylah Fernandez got off to a quick start and then had to battle to defeat Tereza Valentova…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-224920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}