What Happened to Leylah Fernandez?
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Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu in a slam final nowadays would be crazy to think about
Even then it was totally random
Both of these were also cuties. ❤😍😍
It was crazy back then too in all fairness
Raducanu has the game but not the fitness. Leylah has the fitness but not the game. Neither therefore have much hope right now.
I think Emma would still win. She has better striking, speed and strategy than Leylah. She is a better all around player than Leylah but fitness going deep needs fine tuning. Leylah has been steady for a while. She has defended her titles. Some never won a title in their career. Hopefully another break through soon.
She should be given more credit cause her draw en route to the final was nightmare level
So true----while Emma's was a cakewalk---she beat no one who was in the top 20 at the time of that tournament!
@@augustbruce She did get loads of credit which is why she got a bunch of sponsorships such as JP Morgan and Lulu Lemon. The trouble is keeping them.
Emma thinks she’s a fantastic tennis player which she isn’t! She just got more breaks than she should have! She will never win another Grand Slam because she just got lucky with a terrible player L Fernandez!
@@donnafielder6027 Thanks for the wisdom Donna
I’ve always said that, but then again Emma has the prettier face and got the glitz and the glam (even though she did win the title lol) but it does sadden me that a player who defeated 3 of the top 5 players en route to a grand slam final, has only made it to the second week of a slam once since then (kinda crazy) and it has been 3 years +
Bro just make the video “ what happen to Canadian tennis “ and explain that we’re just indoor goats with no shot tolerance (except Layla on that one lol)
Raonic was exception he was great .
They put Leylah up against Katie Boulter the Brits indoor court specialist at the recent BJK cup and that was a strange gamble with Bambi Boulter having her best ever season on tour. Raducanu was still recovering fitness after her injuries so was looking like the best match-up to make for Laylah but they shied away
Indoor goats lol
@@omarshenneb4337lol..great? good is d right adjective..
I think Leylah is doing well. As the author said, everyone just had too high of expectations. I was truly impressed with her performance at Cinci Open this year where she lost the 1/4-final to Pegula 5:7, 7:6, 6:7 AND on the same day just a few hours later she managed to win the 1/2-final in doubles after such a long tough singles match. In between, she was hitting under shower rain on the practice court. It is not like she's dropped outside of top 100... My girls were super happy to take a photo with her.
I think she’d do herself well by reaching out to Kerber and Kvitova at least as a consult. Kerber to fortify Leylah’s preexisting game. And kvitova to maybe give her some pointers on how to develop a more imposing pace on serve.
i love this suggestion
@@DustinKenney-b5k maybe, but Petra is bit taller! Kerber for resilience, definitely.
L Fernandez needs to stop having her Dad as a coach if she wants to advance her tennis career! Her Dad isn’t helping Fernandez move forward in her tennis career! Fernandez needs to get a real coach not her Dad!
Leylah has the fighting spirit and her defensive skills are very good, however her serve is an obvious weakness. I think a number of her shots also need considerable technical changes.
Saw Layla play at Eastbourne - her determination was incredible - very very impressive court attitude - and she was very powerful.
She was good at Birmingham too.
Thank you for a fair and gentle assessment of Leylah and her prospects in professional tennis. I admire you both.
Leylah’s dad needs to step aside.
Your comments about Emma calling for a timeout are misleading though I'm sure you never actually meant to mislead. Emma drew the umpires attention to the bleeding and the umpire, as you must know, took the decision to have the medical timeout. The umpire said later that this was especially important to do at the height of Covid and she followed the 'rules'. Leylah was the player not listening to the officials
i believe the a Mat was ridiculously long..shld have continued playing
@@barrio_lad I watched that game, and Emma had a small cut that could of been patched quicker IMO. Emma was sitting there eating a banana ,while she was using a small electric fan on her face to cool off. Leylah had her momentum disrupted so I understand her frustration.
I`m happy for Leylah because you made that video about her. She has a huge lot of potential and her mental stregth is absolutely adorable. And....by the way...being that far up on the WTA is already a huge success IMHO...being around top 30 worldwide means that she already is an incredibly good player...but I also expect her to climb up even more....
A video about Jack Draper entering the 2025 season would be much appreciated. He’s been the most hyped youngster going into the next year and it’d be interesting to see where you guys think he could go in 2025.
Yes please! I suggested this earlier but you put it much better than I did
Leylah has always been around keeping herself in the top 40 for the past 3 years. She just hasn't performed well in slams lately except for French Open 2022. I say her best bet at winning a slam is the French Open because I think she's most comfortable on clay. I also think she can make a run at Wimbledon. Her game can suit grass so well, but I don't think she (or her coaching staff) quite realize it.
Even then, getting past Iga at the French Open is a very tall order.
0:46 3 years whattt I remember it like yesterday
Trueee. Feels just like yesterday
Imo nothing happened, she just overperformed one tournament, and then she's still decent competing with better players well time to time. Still way better than Emma
Agreed
Emma's ranking will approach Leylah's for 2025
@@BOZ_11 both average player
@@rahulrava619 a professional tennis player is not average
@@gabrielle8940 okay they are professionally average
Fernandez said that next year she will be in US final with Raducanu and this time she will win.
She should abandon hugging the baseline strategy. Taking the ball early works on lesser opponents but she gets pushed back on harder hitting higher levels. It also opens up more angels
Well, Leylah has the biggest lucky ever not being former USO champ... I think most of Raducanu lack of success ON COURT is because people are waiting her being a slam champ every single day anything less no matter what and nobody is waiting that from Leylah so she has all the time to improve or to regress being a normal 23yo player and Raducanu lives an eternal fantasy and cannot be on her way.
Emma ‘s fairytale run was like Linsanity, it won’t happen anytime soon. It made Leylah’ loss worse, cuz she was more deserving winner that time. She is definitely a better player but not sure if she could reach another final.
@@kanteiroo what did Linsanity win? People talk like she came from nowhere she had had a good result at Wimbledon that year.
But Leylah needs a professional coach not her Dad! If it’s about money she should have thought about that before she wanted to be a professional tennis player! It takes money to play with the big professional players!
Two weak areas I see in her game: 1) her serve lacks power; 2) She's not that quick like Halep for her relatively small size.
Leylah finshed number 31 in the world this year. As for the 2021 final, Leylah argued with the Umpire, wagged her finger at the Match Referee and tried to upstage Emma with 'just one final thing'. Never apologised, far too gassed-up. Emma has a result of 2-0 on grass, 2-0 on hard. Leylah is a fighter who never checks out but new players are coming through all the time. You're right about the serve but she chooses to keep the Team Fernandez thing with dad as decision maker. But, as you say he played soccer not tennis.
Leylah always does that obnoxious act because she thinks that makes her tough. She did it to Qinwen in China and proceeded to get bageled. Girl needs to focus on her game, which has not had anything new since her US Open dream run, and the rest of the WTA Top 20 have clocked how to beat her.
I'm afraid her failure to see it out against Emma in 2021 has had a big psychological effect deep down on Leylah whether she likes to admit it or not because the competition has just got a whole lot tougher since 2021 not least because Emma's finally beginning to approach her 2021 form as her recent performances in the BJK Cup showed by winning all three of her matches as well as shooting up the rankings from 301 at the beginning of the year to 57 now despite playing so few tournaments whereas Leylah unfortunately seemed to have regress going out easily in straight sets to Boulter. Now, with the renowned fitness coach Nakamura accompanying her and her injuries seemingly behind her it can't be long now before Emma wins her first title since 2021 and one couldn't rule out completely either of her winning her second Slam,most likely at Wimbledon next.
Great video! Appreciate your deep dives and analysis. You’re right. Leylahs mentality and focus is huge.
Emma's first bright idea after winning the US Open was to fire her coach. Then get distracted with everything but tennis. Leylah will have a tough time. Her coaching team is inadequate and inexperienced compared to her competitors. Unfortunately, her size and height are a disadvantage. It limits her coverage, reach, power and serve. She's going up against stronger and faster Sabalenka, Gauff, Sakari, Paula, Iga, Rybakina, Pegula, Navarro, Collins, et al. All of those can easily pick off her serve. The year Emma and Leylah placed was an unusual Covid year where the draws opened up. That won't happen again.
This coming Aussie swing will see a fit Emma Raducanu with a good strong team behind her and they have learned lessons from previous years. She has made enough money that she doesn't need to rush getting her match fitness/endurance, like many other players would. There are so many ranking points available for her and she's defending very few now. Last year I felt a bit wary of how she may perform but it feels a different ball game now.
Leylah needs to get rid of her dad as a coach.
@@onetwocue well said, it won't happen though!
I believe she should get additional coaching staff who are able to make her weakness an asset.
Whatever it is. She is a winner in life.
100%
That´s true....
What happened to Raducanu???? Not winning anything else since then
Ms. Raducanu (MBE) has already won more than many other players who have been trying for a whole lot longer !!
99.99999999999999999999% of players will never win a grand slam.if emma never won anything again she will be content that a grand slam win is on her cv
@@owencrompton3713 that means she is a one hit wonder. Her lucky days were short. Im sure her middle aged fanboys will keep buying her photos and endorsed products.
Too many niggles
The video everyone wanted but didn’t know it
Leylah’s problem is that she is up against all Lululemon fans. She just doesn’t measure up the performance you should expect from the brand…… not mention her attitude has not been good either……
Do you know the history of the brand?
I love her mental tenacity, it’s so good! I hope that she makes more slam runs. Also making a grass final this year was a great result! Hoping for a fantastic 2025 season Leylah! Loved this video! I thought it was very realistic!
Great episode. I root for her since she burst on the scene at the '21 USO. That said, I think she should get a professional coach like the other top players (exc. Zverev and Tsitsipas, who also should).
Although I love both the men's and women's game, over the past 20+ year the seeded players on the men's side are just much more consistant, there is no way that a qually could come through and win 10 straight to win a slam, it would just never happen. On the women's side general if you go back historically you will see on average more seeded players drop in the early rounds. It's kind of interesting and exciting in it's own right as you can see lower ranked players have a chance, and you see more breaks of server on the womens side in general.
Who’s here after the iga report
What do you make of the situation? Cos it’s so weird
They said she took it for get lag
Iga She-a-cheat
Iga is not a cheat. She didn't take contaminated pills intentionally. Iga for 2025 ❤❤
One big question is , could Raducarnu have made the final with the same draw as Hernandez ???
I very much doubt it , her draw was way way easier.
They are both very good tennis players , no doubt.
But it's not a big stretch to understand why neither has gone close to duplicating that previous success
Radu didn't lose a set to Leylah in the final
Try picking last nights lottery numbers in advance
@@BOZ_11 Raducanu has been losing since then.😂
Oh please
Thank you for this. It was awesom to see that run Leylah Fernandez had leading up to the US Open. I always thought she was a tough opponent in most of her matches. I am looking forward to seeing Ms. Fernandez in 2025.
The fact that Emma's name is in half these comments and is mentioned in the video regarding a match half a decade ago demonstrates how much Emma lives rent free in the entire Fernandez camp/fanbase headspace.
Leylah will never been a top player, too small, too weak, her style of game can't compete with the powerhouses that are now dominating the WTA. It doesn't make her bad, it's just there's so many much better now. Her rank was achieved by playing bottom-feeder tournaments, not by Grand Slam performances.
Yes.
Half a decade? Isn't it 3 years?
Not just Fernandez fans but 99.99% of tennis fans. 😅🤣😂
@@saksit247 You're right, Emma probably DOES live in the heads of 99% of the fans, because she made 14 million in endorsements in 2024. 7th highest paid women's tennis player of the year. 😆🤣😆
Emma did not call the timeout
I remember watching the match. I think it was Monica Puig who was the commentator for the match. She pointed out that the match cannot continue while a player is bleeding, those are the rules and Emma had no say in the timeout.
Been waiting for this video.
Leyla needs a real tennis coach and not her father. Emma has won only one tournament in her entire career. Media just basis in Emma's favior.
The media constantly crucify Emma
I agree she need other coach to improve more her playing different style and techniques
Great video. Thank you.
I don't understand why Leylah was complaining in the final when Emma was - as you said, BLEEDING FROM HER LEG!
Leylah has improved so much since then.
Leylah is a good decent tennis player. But I think her weaknesses is actually her physical size/strength. Some people may say this can be also be an advantage, but if you look at top 10 players in WTA now, only Paolini is reasonably short (but her game style is super powerful compare to Laylah). Unfortunately, tennis can be a very physical depended game, but I still think she is one of the top 30 players out there today. Go Leylah!
It’s women’s tennis. From the drama, to drug use, pregnancy, injuries, mental health, social issues, financial issues, it’s something or another reason why these women don’t put together. Outside of Swiatek in the last few years the women game would be a lottery on who wins.
I BELIEVE IN LEYLAh she will play another final 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 she has the heart for it
A top player, very graceful and agile.
As a leylah fan, i appreciate this video. thank you
It was breaking her leg.....that caused a dip in the upward arc.....of her development, Leylah I'm meaning.
She didn't break her leg 🙈
Foot
Re: complaining at the 2021 US open about the medical timeout. I believe Leylah clearly stated at the time ,when asked , that she initially didn’t see the bleeding. She thought the timeout was being taken purely on the awkward stumble Emma had . She had no problem with it when she saw the picture of the bleeding.
She initially didn't see the bleeding, seriously ??
All she had to do was look at the giant screens.
She had no problem with it when she saw the picture of the bleeding, yet she continued whinging, whining and moaning to the match official at the net within earshot of EMMA !!
You're tying yourself up in knots sonny !!
Im looking at the maturity level. She still young and figuring out her game. Yes consistency would be key.
Y’know, I was watching that US Open 2021 final just this week, and it came to mind that you made a video about Raducanu, I was wondering when the Fernandez video would drop. I’ve got real good faith in Emma’s future but Leylah has potential to be so much too, especially with the likes of what she’s done up until now.
@@RhydonKing Emma is over. Can't win more than three matches in a row.
@@rahulrava619 Doesn't have to, especially as she's already won 10 matches in a row, (all without dropping a set) !!
Neither one of these girls will be in a slam again!
The solution seems to be that she needs to change her coach and improve her serve. Whether that will ever happen is doubtful.
I see her potentially rank between 15-30
Nah don’t talk bad about my girlfriend 😭
Lmaoo. I don’t think he said anything bad about Leylah
@13:45 She will be laughing for the rest of her life. She is not going to win a SLAM. She was so lucky to get to final for a weak 2021 US OPEN.
She's somewhat of a counter puncher and doesn't have great power. Not many matches will be easy for her.
Leylah Fernandez is a terrible tennis player! She spends too much time jumping around at the service line whereas she needs to spend more time on her movement on the court & her serve!
'Go to the back, Sharapova like and pick a string or two' then 'do a little jump', 'pump fist' and 'look serious as you stride to your service position'. A lot of energy wasted I think, over the course of a match
not a huge fan of LF.
@@flounder😂😂
She's still a good but not great player. Strongly in the top 50, keeps playing every year. She's done much better than Emma, and is quite consistent .
She doesn’t have sportsmanship like her dad, lol
She complaint’s to much and rude to the officials.
You have to do a video on bianca aa well please
She overperformed and juiced the crowd during every match at the US Open.
Leyla has great potential for sure. I’d love to see her get a different voice than just her father though, somebody that can help her make the most of her serve perhaps.
When this final happened i remember thinking both players are very small and thin that i doubt they win a ton of slams but i never expected to both to struggle as they have since it.
felt bad for leyla at that us open.....she deserved that title.......her run was much much more diffculty.....she faced the cream of the crop......emma got lucky
EMMA getting lucky in 10 matches, don't you wish you had that kind of luck ??
Don't be a "ponce" all your life !!
She got hexxed by the curse of the one-hit-wonder syndrome.
Leylah is left handed wouldn't that be an advantage? I agree her serve needs get better. So how does Leylah can improve the serve? Leylah reached finals of Eastbourne this year. She beat Madison Keys and Elena Rybakina this year. She is very mentally tough works hard. My concern is Leylah father. I wonder if the dad putting too much pressure on Leylah.
7:34 Coco has 430 double faults in a year??
Crazy right?
can you make a video about hubi hurkacz?
Bro what do you mean what happened to Fernandez? She already over achieved against her capabilities. She has lived her wildest dreams. She can retire from professional tennis with no regrets.😂😂
At least she's not faking injuries like that Flopacanu 🤣🤣🤣
Speed/ Power of serve gets better with physical training. I played college tennis and with only 5'3 I was hitting 100mph. Always had good technique on the serve, but it became a real weapononly when I did a lot of arm/ sholders / legs pumping in the gym.
I am very proud of you Leylah. I think you are a great athlete and and wonderful person. I am filipino and i am proud of what you have achieved. Keep going and stay positive you will be chanpion one day.
nothing really happened to her. everything just lined up perfectly for that one event
I noticed and loved Leylah's tennis before she became famous. With her work ethic I am confident she will be a star in her mid career years.
Nothing happened to her. She had a decent 2024.
Amazing potential, but Coach Daddy is the bottleneck.
It's difficult because it's easy to get the impression that it's about both of them, his coaching and her playing. It's possible that the whole is not better than the sum of the parts. You can't just will getting to the top.
Smart tennis cant bring you far. You might luck out here or there, but thats it.
True. Just wondering what the other options are when a player doesn’t have the biggest weapons
If you’re not getting overpowered, smart tennis can bring you far. Shot making and tennis iq is important.
Tennis lQ took Martina Hingis to grand slams etc.
wait. Leylah Fernandes plays lefthanded but is a natural right hander?
Just like Rafa but Andrew Richardson, Emma's coach at the US Open was a leftie so Emma had the practice in hand.
same with jack draper
@@deanneo6352 that's a surprise to me, draper looks like a natural lefty with clean flowing strokes. he doesn't look wonky like rafa (sometimes), lepchenko and kerber.
@@AC-ss5oy true rafa’s loop around forehand is iconic tho
It's a Spanish thing, Fernandez's dad's 1st language is Spanish (courtesy Ecuador).
Badosa plays right handed but writes with her left,
Rafa plays left handed but writes with his right
Y Viva Espana !!
It's simple, Leilah us a feather weight, playing with some girls that are just taller, stronger, literally heavy weights. As talented as she is she's just not able to counter such msrked disadvantage against those more powerful girls.
Her height isn't a problem but her weight could be. The reality is if she's not able to hit winners at will from behind the baseline and her serve is a non factor, she's not going to see any real progress. Her counterpunching style also holds her back. There are times especially volleying from the net, she just puts the ball back into play when she is given the opportunity to put the ball away.
@jcpenny3606 Yep, agree with you on what you said. Probably one of the few advantages that she does have is that she's a lefty, and her fighting spirit.
@@jcpenny3606 Interesting insight
@@jcpenny3606what do you mean she’s like 5’4” which for tennis players is really short. Ik it google says she’s 5’6” but she’s not, look at photos of her with her sister who is 5’4” there the same height. She’s just not very tall or built, which just means she had to work a lot harder to win points
@@a_goblue2023 I believe she's 5'6". See her handshake with Jessica Pegula who's 5'7", and they're nearly the same height.
Get rid of her Dad as a coach. Any athlete can only go as high as the training and guidance they receive. She is handicapped by not having access to a better coach. Time to invest in the future or her game will be overtaken by the many many that are coming up that have good or great coaching.
She needs a dose of Patrick M. 😂
She's better than me
I'm better than you 😁
Leylah have won titles compared to nothing for Emma, she got nothing to be ashamed about!!
Just one thing: Emma didn't call the timeout -- the umpire did. It too ruined her momentum and she didn't want that to happen. But those are the rules.
Correct me if I'm wrong -- it was three years ago?
And I'm going to say it, Emma's future is brighter than Leylah's, in my opinion. Her overall game is better and she has had some good results this year and is top 60 despite playing in only half the tournaments a typical WTA player does. I can see her winning Wimbledon when (or if) she sorts out all of her problems.
You're not wrong, Emma did not call the timeout; what was the umpire supposed to do? Let Emma's knee bleed into her sock and potentially sully the court?? Absurd objection really.
Yeah I know. They're rewriting history here. She had blood running down her leg and wanted to carry on. Why the need to justify Leylahs reaction by casting any shade on Emma? Also I watched that match and at no time did I ever really feel Leylah was going to win. Emma had twice as many break points and was powering her off the court just like she did to everyone else that tournament. They both had a fantastic tournament and I've been impressed by Leylahs progress. I actually think it's been a blessing in disguise losing that final as she's been able to work on her game out of the spotlight. Radacanu has had no such luxury and yet she needs time to develop her game just as much as Leylah does. I think Raducanu has a higher ceiling than Leylah but whether that ever actually materialises is another question.
exactly. and the fact that LF kept yapping and yapping (which she did on other occasions too) just shows what a little hurt she has.
@hertor8803 Well, as of yesterdays announcement on her fitness coach and barring illness/injuries, we should find out by Q2. So many clay points out there and of course the sunshine double
Do a video on ons jabeur
I noticed a lot of these tennis players are getting rhinoplasty , and the time it takes to heal and recover from that surgery takes time. Often it does not help their performance. I believe Roger Federer even got a nose job, but it was not too much. Leylah did, Bibi had more plastic surgery than she had wins. I was watching Belinda Bencic's match, and noticed she got a noses job, then V. Kudermentova. The list is long. Male players too. Stefanso, had one as well as Maria Sakkari. I could go on, STephens, and before retirement Muguraza. Oh Anastasisa Pav. Mertens looks different too. Geez.
i love leylah's game and she has improved a lot. i think she will be a big player in the top 10, maybe in 2025.
stopped watching after second ads drop within a minute LMOA
emma did not called for medical time out, she was bleeding n the umpire prevented her from playing until the wound was dressed up
Please bro make a video on delpotro
Jasmine Paolini though?
One of my favorite players. Would love to see a deep dive on her too
Raymond Moore: "They don't make any decisions, and they are lucky. They are very, very lucky…If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport. They really have."
Sounds gay
Peaked already …
Leylah is such a gassed up player. Confidence is a necessary ingredient but there has to be realism too. Her father & coach is a journeyman soccer player who should be responsible for her motivation/fitness and conditioning perhaps but not her coaching because she is taller than Ash Barty, Jasmine Paulini but has not improved since 2021. But from listening to Leylah, she can't break the habit of this father daughter partnership and I doubt her dad wants that too. So' she will stay there short of any big weapons.
Leylah could become great if she can find a good coach to up her games.
Having mental strength is already a plus. However, she needs better coaching to correct flaws in her shots
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Here is may comment you will win a grand slam very soon, right me back when you do thank you