“Should change careers” – Fans berate Leylah Fernandez as she fails to defeat a retired and pregnant Kim Clijsters

Leylah Fernandez is having a tough time on the court after her 2021 US Open heroics. She made it to the final of the Grand Slam in New York. However, she lost to eventual champion Emma Raducanu. This year she won the Monterrey Open title and reached the quarter-finals of the French Open. She could not play as well as she did last time in the US Open and lost to Liudmila Samsonova in the second round. She finished the year as No.40 in the WTA rankings.

The Canadian is hoping to make a strong comeback the next season. She is playing some exhibition matches to maintain her fitness levels. In a similar exhibition match, former World No.1 Kim Clijsters defeated her.

Eminent sports journalist Jose Morgado shared the news on social media.

“Kim Clijsters beat Leylah Fernandez during an exho event,” his caption read.

Kim Clijsters beat Leylah Fernandez during an exho event. https://t.co/e6RVc4PZGo

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) December 4, 2022

Leylah Fernandez needs to make more effort to get back in winning form before the kickstart of the WTA 2023 season.

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Can Kim Clijsters make a comeback?

Kim Clijsters is one of the legends of the sport. She has won four Grand Slam titles during her career- US Open in 2005, 2009, and 2010 and the Australian Open in 2011. She also won the WTA Finals trophy three times in her career. She helped her country Belgium to win the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) in 2001.

The Belgian won two Grand Slam doubles titles- French Open and Wimbledon with Japanese player Ai Sugiyama in 2003. Her successes on the court helped got her inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Her career was plagued with lots of injuries which forced her to take retirement at the young age of 24. She stayed out of action for two years. She came back strongly and won four Grand Slam titles after that till 2012. She also gained her No.1 rank.

She again decided to retire in 2012. But she could not remain out of action for long and came back to court after 7 years. She could not impress anyone. She decided to retire in April this year. However, she continues to play exhibition matches. She has come back successfully to play and compete in professional tournaments, more than once. Hence, whenever she is seen playing tennis, rumors begin to circulate of her possible return.

Meanwhile, social media users are mocking Leylah Fernandez for not being able to defeat Kim Clijsters in the exhibition event. Here are a few reactions that came from the post above.

That’s … wild

— wrg (@wrg_forfree) December 4, 2022

Sounds ridicolous, if it’s true I mean if the game was to some extent serious, it doesn’t give Leylah a good testimony.

— Patryk Kajdasz (@patryk_kajdasz) December 4, 2022

That said more about Fernandez level than that
from Kim. Not really looking like a tennisser.
A bit overweight, like a pregnant woman.

— poppy (@yunuspas) December 4, 2022

https://twitter.com/piranhaC4455990/status/1599559214086516736

Damn she may be out of shape compared to Leylah but she can still show those young whipper snappers how the game is played

— cajuns (@cajuns2000) December 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/Ania_Cz_b/status/1599640868524560384

https://twitter.com/Korrado77/status/1599669708197810176

HAHAHA GET HER KIM ???? https://t.co/MP72B2a1q1

— Eden ??? (@edenbbukt) December 5, 2022

Leylah Fernandez with Emma Raducanu is the youngest two players on the WTA tour. Both the ladies are required to pull up to start performing well on the court.

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