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Leylah Fernandez has won 15 of her last 19 matches.<\/p>\n
Richard PagliaroOctober 30, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n
By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, October 30, 2026
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Leylah Fernandez extended her Asian run taking a walkover into the Tokyo semifinal.<\/p>\n
World No. 1 Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Toray Pan Pacific Open due to a neck injury sending Fernandez into the semifinal on a walkover.<\/p>\n
\u201cDear fans, I\u2019m very sorry to announce that I\u2019ve had to withdraw from my next match,\u201d Rybakina said a statement. \u201cUnfortunately, I\u2019ve been experiencing inflammation and pain in my neck, which has been affecting my ability to play at my best. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult decision, as I love playing here and always appreciate the incredible support from the fans. I hope to be back again next year. Thank you all for your understanding and support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last Sunday, the top-seeded Rybakina repelled Fernandez 6-2, 6-2 to successfully defend her Ningbo crown, collecting her 15th career championship.<\/p>\n
An imposing Rybakina ripped 25 winners\u201415 more than the Canadian left-hander\u2014and saved all five break points she faced in a 76-minute triumph.<\/p>\n
The 2021 US Open finalist Fernandez has won 15 of her last 19 matches, a hard-court surge that includes collecting her sixth title in Singapore and her run to the Ningbo final. <\/p>\n
The 23rd-ranked Fernandez will play for her 11th career final when she faces Kamilla Rakhimova in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Lucky loser Rakhimova defeated Aussie qualifier Maya Joint 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 to advance to her maiden WTA 500 semifinal. <\/p>\n
Slovak wild card Mia Pohankova defeated American Alycia Parks 7-6(3), 6-3 to power into her maiden Tokyo semifinal.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old Pohankova shocked former No. 1 Naomi Osaka 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday and backed up that momentous victory today. <\/p>\n
World No. 144 Pohankova has not dropped a set reaching the semifinals where she will face Roland Garros semifinalist Diana Shnaider.<\/p>\n
In an all-lefty clash, the third-seeded Shnaider stopped Alexandra Eala 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in a two hour, 52-minute battle. <\/p>\n
The quarterfinal escalated into audacious shotmaking from both women: Eala cracked 45 winners and Shnaider smacked 43 winners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis match deserved to be a final,\u201d said Shnaider in her on-court interview afterward. \u201cIt was an insane level of tennis from both of us. I didn\u2019t believe I would be able to pull that win off, because she played insane. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was just trying to remind myself to keep fighting for every point, and that paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is Shnaider\u2019s fifth semifinal of the season and second straight final four appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz Leylah Fernandez has won 15 of her last 19 matches. Richard PagliaroOctober 30, 20262 minute read…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-901477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}