{"id":9980,"date":"2025-07-28T04:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9980"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:13:04","slug":"leylah-fernandez-claims-first-wta-500-title-at-2025-washington-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/leylah-fernandez-claims-first-wta-500-title-at-2025-washington-open","title":{"rendered":"Fernandez Claims First WTA 500 Title at D.C. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/leylah-fernandez-wins-the-2025-washington-open.jpg\" alt=\"Leylah Fernandez wins the 2025 Washington Open\" class=\"wp-image-9981\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Leylah Fernandez Claims First WTA 500 Title at 2025 Washington Open\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leylah Fernandez defeated Anna Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-2 to win her first WTA 500 title.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 22-year-old Canadian battled through multiple long matches, including wins over Pegula and Rybakina.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the men\u2019s final, Australian Alex de Minaur claimed his 10th ATP title.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/canadian-press-names-leylah-fernandez-as-female-athlete-of-the-year\"><strong>Leylah Fernandez<\/strong> <\/a>finished the best week of her tennis career with a superb <em>6-1, 6-2<\/em> win over Russia\u2019s <strong>Anna Kalinskaya<\/strong>, which brought her the D.C. 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The victory marked the <strong>22-year-old Canadian\u2019s first WTA 500 trophy<\/strong> and her fourth career singles championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leylah\u2019s winning moment \ud83e\udef6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MubadalaCitiDCOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MubadalaCitiDCOpen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vOUkPkP553\">pic.twitter.com\/vOUkPkP553<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mubadala Citi DC Open (@mubadalacitidc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mubadalacitidc\/status\/1949566376416293217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"long-road-to-the-trophy\">Long Road to the Trophy&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fernandez, ranked No. 36 in the world<\/strong>, made light work of the final, making use of her trademark backhand and showcasing a sharp return game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, her path to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/tennis\">tennis<\/a> trophy was anything but easy, as she had to battle through <strong>a grueling stretch of three-set matches and overcome both elite opponents and brutal summer conditions<\/strong> in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second round, Fernandez outlasted top-seeded Jessica Pegula in a 2-hour, 19-minute duel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quarterfinals brought another tight contest, requiring 2 hours and 20 minutes to get past Taylor Townsend. Then came a marathon semifinal against Wimbledon 2022 champion Elena Rybakina, three tie-breaks and over three hours on court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"champions-food-burgers-and-shake-shack\">Champions\u2019 Food: Burgers and Shake Shack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Off the court, Fernandez kept her recovery lighthearted, and carb-loaded. She joked after the win over Townsend,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We got burgers, hotdog, cheese fries \u2014 everything that an athlete should not eat before a match, but it did the trick<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Her go-to post-match indulgence? 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That was kind of my diet for the whole week.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The burger-powered run delivered her first title since Hong Kong last October. She arrived in Washington with a modest season record and hadn&#8217;t reached the late stages of a tournament since last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I have gone through so many different challenges this week. If I can get through this \u2014 the cramps, the long matches, the heat \u2014 I can get through anything.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kalinskaya, ranked 48th and playing in her third WTA final<\/strong>, couldn\u2019t match Fernandez\u2019s energy or shot-making. She landed just nine winners against 24 unforced errors and won only two of 12 points on her second serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Amazing fight this week. You truly deserve it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In the men\u2019s final, Australia\u2019s Alex de Minaur captured his 10th ATP title by edging Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(3), saving three match points in a tense finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will Fernandez take her form into the 2025 US Open? Get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/tennis\/odds\">latest odds<\/a> ahead of the tournament with Betting.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: Leylah Fernandez finished the best week of her tennis career with a superb 6-1, 6-2 win over Russia\u2019s Anna Kalinskaya, which brought her the D.C. Open title. The victory marked the 22-year-old Canadian\u2019s first WTA 500 trophy and her fourth career singles championship. 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