Leylah Fernandez will not be able to compete at the prestigious Wimbledon tournament due to a Grade 3 stress fracture in her right foot.
Posted at 5:09 p.m.
The Quebec player had also shown her foot in a plastic protective boot on her social networks, Thursday, a few days after her elimination in the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros.
His father and trainer Jorge confirmed the diagnosis in an interview with TSN where he seemed very moved.
“(I felt some) anger. I was angry and worried. As a coach, you know what you have to do, it’s your decision, you make it. It’s a problem with the WTA that we can’t talk to our players to find out what’s going on. I could have reasoned with her. It could have been less bad. As a father, I am sad and I would have liked her to stop. »
Except that Fernandez instead completed her three-set duel against Martina Trevisan. After bravely winning round two, it quickly became apparent during the final round that Fernandez was in pain.
Jorge Fernandez added that the goal for his daughter is a return to the Citi Open in August, just before the National Bank Open in Toronto this year.
Leylah Fernandez had been eliminated dryly in the first round by Jelena Ostapenko at Wimbledon in 2021. A few months later, she reached the final at the US Open.