Fernandez motivated by doubters to reach US Open final

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Tennis: Leylah Fernandez uses doubters as motivation to reach US Open final

NEW YORK - Leylah Fernandez may not feel the weight of expectation as she heads into the U.S. Open final but the Canadian teenager will have a chip on her shoulder put there by those who doubted her.

"They kept saying 'No', that I'm not going to be a professional tennis player, that I should stop and just pursue going to school. Ranked number 73 in the world at the start of the U.S. Open, most would have seen her bid to reach a Grand Slam final as 'Mission Impossible', but not Fernandez.

 

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