Coming off her win at the D.C. Open, Leylah Fernandez was hoping to have a little more time to prepare for her first-round match back home at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers. But she was forced to open play just a little over 24 hours after she returned to Montreal after her triumph

Leylah Fernandez has a bone to pick with tournament organizers. Not only did she exit the court crushed by her lacklustre performance before a hometown crowd — tears still running down her cheeks more than 90 minutes after the match — Fernandez also blamed unfavourable scheduling that set her up to fail.