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Leylah Fernandez admits it is “hard” for her to enjoy watching women’s tennis since she is looking at them as her “competition” but reveals it’s a different thing when it comes to men’s tennis.
Fernandez, 21, has been around the WTA Tour for a couple of years now and she burst onto the scene early when she made the US Open final as an 18-year-old teenager in 2021. Since then, Fernandez has gone through some difficult and challenging periods but she has still managed to win two WTA titles and nothing has changed in her goal of becoming one of the best in the game and doing big things.
At this week’s WTA 500 tournament in San Diego, Fernandez – now ranked at No. 32 in the world – acknowledged she watches women’s tennis but admitted it usually happens so she could analyze other players and use it to her advantage.
“I don’t know. It’s a little hard because I’m watching tennis with kind of like a competitor’s eye, so not really much as a fan. So, sometimes when I watch tennis, I’m watching it to analyze each player’s game, my game, to see what I can do against them so it’s a little hard right now to say which player gets me excited to keep watching,” Fernandez said when asked to name favorite players on the ATP and WTA…
