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Leylah Fernandez after her win: "I was so nervous the whole match"
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Elise Amendola / AP
Leylah Fernandez's run at the US Open continues.
The 19-year-old Canadian is in the semi-finals after the next impressive performance.
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put Elina Switolina in her 6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5) quarter-final victory with power and precision and eliminated the next top player in New York after Angelique Kerber.
"I just don't know what I'm feeling," Fernandez said immediately after the triumph over the fifth in the world number: "I was so nervous the whole match."
Reputation as a favorite scare
Defending champion Naomi Osaka had also defeated Fernandez in the third round and earned a reputation as a favorite scare.
Even in critical phases against the ever increasing Switolina, the left-hander stayed cool, at least on the outside, and let the audience celebrate for her spectacular winners.
In the semifinals, Fernandez will face the second in the world ranking list Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus, who beat French Open winner Barbora Krejcikova from the Czech Republic 6: 1, 6: 4.
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