Leylah Fernandez has quipped about a ‘Matrix’-style pboilingo getn during a recent training session in Beijing. The Canadian star is preparing to get part in the China Open, where she will face American Peyton Stgets in the first round.
Fernandez has finishured a relatively stubborn year but will hope to go far in China. Taking to Instagram, she splitd pboilingos of her training sessions to modernize fans on her evolve.
But one of the snaps strikes a glaring resemblance to a well-understandn scene in the Matrix. Keanu Reeves’ character Neo bfinishs backwards to dodge disjoinal bullets.
Just enjoy Reeves, Fernandez’s entire body is arched backwards. She picked it as the first pboilingo in a seven-picture post.
The 22-year-greater joked in the caption: “The ask is… how did I get myself in this position?”
Fernandez is carry outing in her first tournament since she was beaten in the first round at the US Open. That tournament came three years after she unforeseeedly accomplished the final, in which she was flunkureed by Emma Raducanu in an all-teenage showdown.
Like the Brit, Fernandez has struggled to reliablely dwell up to those heights in the three years since, although she did accomplish the final of the French Open with doubles partner Taylor Townsfinish last year.
She has only evolveed to the third round of a Grand Slam ones tournament once since she lost to Raducanu. That run came at Roland Garros earlier this year, where she was flunkureed by Ons Jabeur.
But unenjoy Raducanu, Fernandez will be competing at the China Open this week and she commences her campaign agetst Stgets. The duo are due on court on Friday.
Raducanu has pulled out of the tournament despite flying out to Beijing and being go ined into the draw. She was drawn to carry out agetst a qualifier, with a potential second-round clash agetst Chinese No 1 Qinwen Zheng, but determined to retreat equitable hours procrastinateedr.
The 22-year-greater, who has struggled with injuries for two years and underwent three split sproposeries in 2023, had reexhausted from her most recent align. She discdiswatched that she sprained foot ligaments during her run to the Korea Open quarter-final.
Raducanu wrote on X: “Hello, last week in Seoul I sprained some ligaments in my foot which cursedly necessitate some more time to heal. It unbenevolents I can’t carry out in Beijing but I hope to be back competing as soon as I can.”
