2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez played her Roland Garros match against Martina Trevisan in pain and her father Jorge Fernandez revealed what happened.
Leylah Fernandez appeared to be in heavy pain early on in her match against Martina Trevisan at Roland Garros. The Canadian took a pill and battled on ultimately losing in three sets. When the Wimbledon entry lists were published yesterday she was not on it as she will miss Wimbledon due to the same problem. In an interview a very emotional Jorge Fernandez explained how it felt watching her play in pain:
“Anger. I was very angry and very concerned. Again, it’s hard because you have both hats on and, of course, as a coach you kind of say like, okay you know what you got yourself into. That’s your decision that you’re going to make, then go ahead."
He continued:
“That’s one of the problems with the WTA is you don’t get a chance to consult our players. We don’t get a chance to call a simple 30-second time-out and see what is really going on. I know they tried it in the past and just wonder why it stopped. I think there was moment where I could’ve put some sense into her. And maybe instead of it being what it is now, it could’ve been a little bit less. Of course as a father I’m concerned and sad and I wanted her to stop.”
He revealed the injury is a grade 3 stress fracture in her foot.
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