{"id":948194,"date":"2026-10-27T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948194\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:38:22","slug":"canadas-leylah-fernandez-cruises-into-second-round-of-japan-open-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948194\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Leylah Fernandez cruises into second round of Japan Open in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793108302_968_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s Leylah Fernandez prepares to hit a return during her doubles match with her sister Bianca Fernandez against Belgium&#8217;s Elise Mertens and Diana Shnaider during National Bank Open action in Toronto on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 27, 2026 | 6:07 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TOKYO \u2014 Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., is through to the second round of the Japan Open.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian, ranked 23rd in the world, defeated Japan\u2019s Himeno Sakatsume 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez needed just over 90 minutes to beat the world\u2019s 114th-ranked player.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old converted three of nine break-point opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s Leylah Fernandez prepares to hit a return during her doubles match with her sister Bianca Fernandez against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-948194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948194","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=948194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}