{"id":944674,"date":"2026-10-24T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/944674\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:10:10","slug":"canadas-fernandez-advances-to-ningbo-open-final-will-face-top-ranked-rybakina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/944674\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Fernandez advances to Ningbo Open final, will face top-ranked Rybakina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792858210_70_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, returns the ball to Jessica Pegula, of the United States, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 24, 2026 | 9:58 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NINGBO \u2014 Leylah Fernandez is off to the Ningbo Open final.<\/p>\n<p>The Laval, Que., native beat Czechia\u2019s Marie Bouzkov\u00e1 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday in the women\u2019s singles semifinal of the tennis tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez had three aces to three double faults but broke on eight of her 18 chances in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, she saved 10 of Bouzkov\u00e1\u2019s 15 break-point opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, returns the ball to Jessica Pegula, of the United States, during the third round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-944674","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\/944674","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=944674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}