Leylah Fernandez beats Czech qualifier in Japan Open final to win 5th WTA title

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Canadian Leylah Fernandez got disconnected to a speedy commencement and past had to conflict to decision Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 successful the title last of the Japan Women's Open connected Saturday night.

23-year-old from Laval, Que., tops Tereza Valentova 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 successful Osaka

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Oct 19, 2025 8:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 19

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The 23-year-old Fernandez, of Laval, Que., needed lone 28 minutes to triumph the archetypal set, but past needed astir 2 much hours to adjacent it retired arsenic the 18-year-old Valentova recovered her crippled astatine the Utsubo Tennis Center successful Osaka.

The triumph was Fernandez's 2nd rubric of 2025 and the 5th of her career, aft winning the Washington Open earlier this year.

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Fernandez captures 5th WTA vocation rubric with triumph astatine Japan Open

Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., is the champion astatine the Japan Open successful Osaka defeating Tereza Valentova of Czech Republic 6-0, 5-7, 6-3.

After the match, the Canadian thanked her manager and father, Jorge Fernandez, arsenic good arsenic her squad and family.

"Thank you truthful overmuch for suffering with maine this past week, past period and past year. I besides privation to convey my household and loved ones backmost home. Without you, I wouldn't beryllium here," she said. "Without everyone's sacrifices and support, I wouldn't beryllium connected this stage, truthful convey you truthful overmuch for each the emotion and information you've fixed me."

Fernandez finished with 3 aces, 7 winners and lone 4 unforced errors and 2 treble faults.

She won 43 points portion receiving, compared to Valentova's 31.

Fernandez had a 70 per cent triumph percent connected archetypal service and 46 per cent connected 2nd serve. She saved 5 of 9 interruption points, portion Valentova saved 9 of 16.

Fernandez volition enactment successful Japan to unfastened the Toray Pan Pacific Open successful Tokyo against Greece's Maria Sakkari aft her primitively scheduled lucifer with Toronto's Victoria Mboko was changed pursuing a gully update.

Mboko volition alternatively look Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., successful an all-Canadian first-round matchup.

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