The biggest tennis title of Leylah Fernandez’s career arrived at the D.C. Open on Sunday with the help of a terrific backhand, some superb returning — and energy courtesy of

In a dramatic final on Sunday evening in the United States capital, Australia’s Alex de Minaur came back from a set down, and saved three championship points, to defeat Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 5-7,

The left-handed Fernandez, a 22-year-old from Canada who is ranked 36th, wrapped up a big week of tight matches with a lopsided victory, defeating Anna Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-2 in the final. Fernandez earned her fourth singles trophy — all have come at hard-court tournaments — and first at a WTA 500 event.