Leylah Fernandez hilariously ditched Felix Auger Aliassime and her United Cup teammates during a team jump into the pool at Wylie’s Baths, as was seen in a recent video.
Team Canada took a trip to the famous Wylie’s Baths, which is one of Sydney’s oldest and most beautiful tidal pools. All the members of the team – Felix Auger-Aliassime, Leylah Fernandez, Steven Diez, Stacey Fung, and captain Adil Shamsdin – were captured on video preparing to take a jump in the pool.
However, while all the team members went into the water together, Fernandez could be seen ditching all her teammates and leaving Fung’s hand at the last second.
Speaking about what was going through her mind during the build-up to the jump, Fernandez compared the experience to sitting on a rollercoaster and regretting the decision to get on it.
“You know when you’re like about to get in on a rollercoaster and you have all these emotions of like regret and thinking like I shouldn’t have done this, what am I doing, that’s exactly what was happening and I went with my thoughts and just didn’t jump in. I (was) just like ‘Wait I am not ready yet’,” Fernandez said.
Amidst a flurry of boos from her teammates, the Canadian could be seen carefully entering the pool right at the end of the video.
Team Canada kicked off their United Cup 2024 with a 2-1 win over Chile. While Leylah Fernandez won the first match against Daniela Seguin 6-2, 6-3, Nicolas Jarry pulled one back for Team Chile with a straight-set win over Steven Diez 7-5, 6-4. Fernandez and Diez defeated Seguin and Tomas Barrios Vera in the final match of the tie 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 to hand Team Canada the win.
Their second tie will be against Team Greece on 3rd January at the Ken Rosewall Arena.
Leylah Fernandez’s dream run at the 2023 Billy Jean King Cup Finals
Leylah Fernandez’s phenomenal run at the 2023 Bill Jean King Cup Finals led Canada to their first-ever Cup win. The victory was hailed by many as a significant moment in Canadian tennis.Fernandez won all the matches she played at the Finals – four singles matches and one doubles match. She emerged victorious in a must-win semifinal match against Marketa Vondrousova, a top 10 player, in a tough three-setter 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.In the ultimate game against Italy, Fernandez played against Jasmine Paolini and comfortably won 6-2, 6-3, sealing the win for Team Canada.
“Means the world to me, and gives me a lot of confidence, but also the group of girls and Canada a lot of confidence,” Fernandez said of her achievement.
