On a Difficult Day for New York, Leylah Fernandez Moves a Tennis Crowd


By BY DAVID WALDSTEIN
Sports
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After losing the women’s final at the U.S. Open on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Fernandez said, “I hope I can be as strong and resilient as New York has been the last 20 years.”
New York Times
Tennis, United States Open (Tennis), September 11 (2001)
September 12, 2021 at 02:48AM

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