{"id":478847,"date":"2026-02-16T16:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478847\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:55:07","slug":"canadas-leylah-annie-fernandez-ousted-in-dubai-while-vicky-mboko-withdraws-from-wta-1000-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478847\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s Leylah Annie Fernandez ousted in Dubai, while Vicky Mboko withdraws from WTA 1000 event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DUBAI \u2014 Leylah Fernandez was eliminated in the Round of 32 at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday, falling 7-6 (5), 6-4 to Indonesia\u2019s Janice Tjen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., fired six aces but also six double faults and won just 39 per cent of her second-serve points. Tjen converted four of nine break-point chances to secure the straight-set victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fernandez, unseeded in the WTA 1000 event, is ranked 29th in the world after dropping two spots last week. Tjen is ranked No. 46.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Toronto\u2019s Victoria Mboko pulled out of the Dubai event Monday, citing a right-elbow injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 19-year-old entered the week ranked in the top 10 after finishing runner-up in Doha.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She is the seventh player to exit the tournament, which has also lost world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 2 Iga Swiatek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBAI \u2014 Leylah Fernandez was eliminated in the Round of 32 at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-478847","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\/478847","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=478847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}