Leylah Fernandez

Our Canadian team makes a lot of sense.

Victoria Mboko, Leila Fernandez, Dennis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo – know they are all part of a you know they're canadian so they're playing for a canadian team and that's a that's a big deal so and we do offer discounts this week you're gonna get to see you're gonna if you're a usta member in any of the eastern sections Eastern, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southern, and Florida, there's going to be a ticket discount coming your way for 10% off all the sections on the East Coast of working with us.

So you can get a chance to get a little discount, but we do offer group packages.

And bring your team out.

We will also be discussing the aforementioned US Tennis Legends wildcard continuation in Hong Kong.

And we'll also look towards Leila Fernandez against Deanna Schneider.

If we have time, then I may even have a quick look at some men's matches today.

We will have a watch along.

Oh, one more thing.

Jake, can you do me a favour and check out...

Lefty-lefty scenarios for Leila Fernandez and Deanna Schneider.

We already know Deanna's very favorable matchup against fellow lefties, but I don't know what Leila's is, so it'd be great to know what they are.

Honestly, it was a really bad week of betting.

I can't complain I made my picks I made them for a reason I usually have an angle or a reason or think it's value and if they don't win then no problem that's totally fine but I can't complain the one that annoys me the most is Diane Schneider I think is going to win the final in Tokyo she plays Leila Fernandez and if anyone listened to the pod last week I was very keen on Diane Schneider but I didn't pull the trigger on her because of the price I think she was maybe 11 to 1 maybe 14 to 1 I was hoping for a bit bigger but I was very keen on her and she has gone all the way and she's looked great don't think there's anyone else really worth mentioning in here we'll get to Leila Fernandez when we preview some of next week's tournaments but she is motoring she's red hot I think she's won 12 of her last 15 matches which is like you know well deserving of a hat tip but if I had to have a gun to my head I will go with Diane Schneider to get the title in Tokyo tomorrow the other one is Guangzhou and we've got Lily Lily Taggart against Harriet Dart a most improbable finalist in Harriet Dart I I have a bit of humble pie to eat on this one and I never mind doing that.

If anyone listens back to last week, you will hear me saying I'm opposing Lily Taggart.

I don't like her on a fast court.

There's no betting for this one, but I will give you a steer in each of the quarters who I like.

Quavedo, Kirstea, Badosa, Samsonova all in quarter one.

Covedo made the semi-final and lost to Taggart in Guangzhou Paula Bedosa lost to Harriet Dart in Guangzhou I thought that was hilarious honestly she looked great the round before and then she went out and lost to Harriet Dart which is an awful loss but again reads into my view of Bedosa that I'm never going to be on her probably ever again um kirstea's form is gone she's been round one round one round two in her last three tournaments she's not playing well uh lubmila samsonova's form is gone she's lost four of her last five so it's hard to know where the foreign player is here there's no one else up here um maybe quavado is the player but i'm not really that interested in any tim tim of eva's in here too maybe it's her but there's no one there from a tournament perspective that i'm really interested in obviously haven't seen the prices yet Leila Fernandez heads quarter three and Katie Bolter is also in quarter three it's important to know sorry quarter two it's also important to note there are no buys in this tournament which is interesting because Leila Fernandez plays the final against Schneider in Tokyo tomorrow she is in amazing form she made the final in Singapore she made the final in Ningbo she made the final in Tokyo I actually sorry I wrote down final I think she's won some of those tournaments Let me double check.

Fernandes.

She beat Katie Bolter, who was in the tournament this week in Hong Kong.

Leila Fernandez, obviously another player who's in good form, very helped by the retirement of, or the withdrawal from the tournament, You said it's going to be quick, so you've got to look at some of these players who are quick.

Let's have a look at the seedings, players who like the conditions.

The number one seed is Serana Kirstia.

She's in action there.

Paola Badosa's in there, Samsonova.

Leila Fernandez opens up against Sofia Kenin.

Then we have Golovic against Katie Bolter.

Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a neck injury today, a day after she secured the year-end world number one ranking.

The Kazakh was due to face Canada's Leila Fernandez in the quarterfinals, but instead she came on to the court to address the crowd and sign autographs.

She said she would return for next month's WTA finals in Indian Wells.

And Portugal and Morocco will host the 2027 Dakar Rally the organizers announced today after it was moved from Saudi Arabia following repeated attacks on the kingdom by Yemen's Houthis.

Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a neck injury today, a day after she secured the year-end world number one ranking.

The Kazakh was due to face Canada's Leila Fernandez in the quarterfinals, but instead she came on to the court to address the crowd and sign autographs.

She said she would return for next month's WTA finals in Indian Wells.

And Wallaby's head coach Les Kiss backed Kirtley Beale today to push for a place in the Australian team during the nation's championship after the veteran star's shock recall.

In tennis now, Yelena Robokina withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday due to a neck injury, a day after she secured the year-end world No. 1 ranking.

The Moscow-born Kazakh was due to face Canada's Leila Fernandez in the quarterfinals, but instead she came onto the court to address the crowd and sign autographs.

She said she would return for next month's ATP finals in Indian Wells.

Rubikina clinched year-end top ranking with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Yulia Putintseva in her opening match in Tokyo.