Canadian Leylah Fernandez posts another upset, earns spot in U.S. Open semifinals

NEW YORK — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez continued her remarkable run at the U.S. Open Tuesday, earning a spot in the semifinals with an upset victory over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. 

The 19-year-old from Laval, Que., held on through some difficult stretches to post a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7) win over the tournament’s No. 5 seed. 

Fernandez broke Svitolina midway through the first set and won 4-of-10 break points across the two-hour-and-24-minute match. 

Svitolina, who won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics last month, had eight aces and won 72 per cent of her first-serve points, but the Canadian remained patient and agile, dashing across the court to place shots just beyond her opponent’s reach.