Leylah Annie Fernandez in the doubles final at Roland-Garros

They skillfully defeated the Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff, 2nd seeds, in two sets of 6-0, 6-4, Friday, on the Simonne-Mathieu court.

Fernandez and Townsend were seeded 10th for this tournament. Two months ago, at the Miami tournament, they lost in the final to the Pegula-Gauff duo in two sets.

<q data-attributes="{"lang":{"value":"fr","label":"Français"},"value":{"html":"C’est un rêve, que ce soit en simple, en double ou en double mixte, a dit Fernandez. Tout le monde ici, chaque joueur dans le tournoi, a le même rêve: win a grand slam and take home the trophy.”,”text”:”It’s a dream, whether it’s singles, doubles or mixed doubles, said Fernandez. Everyone here, every player in the tournament, has the same dream: to win a grand slam and bring home the trophy.”}}”>It’s a dream, whether it’s singles, doubles or mixed doubles,” Fernandez said. Everyone here, every player in the tournament, has the same dream: to win a grand slam and take home the trophy.

To have the opportunity to play on the Philippe-Chatrier court on Sunday is exciting. I can’t wait to play and share the field with Taylor.

Jorge Fernandez, father and trainer of Leylah Annie, as well as her sister, Bianca, arrived from Portugal, where Bianca was playing a Challenger tournament. I haven’t seen them for a long time; it will do me good to have my family hereunderlined the athlete.

In the final, Fernandez and Townsend will face the duo of Chinese Xinyu Wang and Taiwanese Su-wei Hsieh. It will be Fernandez’s first appearance in a grand slam final since the singles appearance at the US Open in 2021.

This year, the Lavalloise was eliminated from the Parisian singles tournament in the second round by Dane Clara Tauson.

Leylah Fernandez has never won a doubles title on the circuit. Tennis Association">WTA. In addition to the Miami tournament, she reached another final, in Auckland, New Zealand, last January, along with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

On Thursday, another Canadian, Bianca Andreescu, and her teammate, New Zealander Michael Venis, lost in the mixed doubles final in Paris.