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Olympic medalist and Canadian Filipino swimmer Kayla Sanchez has realized her wish.

Following close on the heels of the Canada Team victory at the April 16 Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in Vancouver, BC, Canadian Filipino tennis phenom Leylah Annie Fernandez advances to the second round of the Madrid Open with three-set wins on April 29.

When teen tennis phenom Leylah Annie Fernandez beat Naomi Osaka at the US Open in 2021, naysayers were quick to say it was just a fluke.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics came to a close on August 8 amid the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada won its first Olympic medal on Day 2 of the Tokyo Olympics thanks to Team Canada’s women’s 4x100 freestyle relay team whose members.

Canadian Filipino tennis star Leylah Annie Fernandez clinches a Billie Jean King Cup playoff tie victory for Canada with a hard-fought two-hour 46 minute win against Serbia’s Olga Danilovic on April 17. 

Sixteen-year-old Leylah Annie Fernandez just gave Canada cause for celebration in the international tennis scene. On June 8, 2019, she became the first Canadian to win the French Open junior singles title at the Roland-Garros clay courts in Paris.