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Leylah Fernandez urged tennis fans to DM her (Image: Dan Istitene, Getty Images)<\/p>\nLeylah Fernandez took to social media with a bold request, turning her attention to dating after a disappointing Wimbledon display by calling on her fans to ask her outLeylah Fernandez urged tennis fans to DM her (Image: Dan Istitene, Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Wimbledon star Leylah Fernandez is on the lookout for love and has invited one of her followers to \u2018shoot their shot\u2019 by asking her out on a date in Montreal. The Canadian tennis<\/a> ace took to Instagram<\/a> to share a video with her 349,000 followers, encouraging them to slide into her DMs as she tends to stay away from dating apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old addressed them by writing: \u201cThis will be fun, right? This isn\u2019t a joke. I fully intend to go on a date in Montreal so go ahead and DM me\u2026 time to shoot your shot. PS: you may have to meet my dad beforehand (good luck with that).\u201d<\/p>\n She elaborated on her bizarre ‘competition’ in a follow-up clip, saying: “In Montreal, I would like to go on a date. You know what I really want to do and that I haven’t done is going on a date. I am not a big fan of dating apps.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I actually am gonna do things my way. I am gonna go on one date for one hour in Montreal. If you wanna be my date, DM me, let me know about yourself. See you there!\u201d<\/p>\n Fernandez, who according to Forbes<\/a> had earned $6.5million (\u00a34.8m) last year as the 18th highest-paid female athlete, later offered an update after getting past rising Australian star Maya Joint in her opening round match at the Citi Open in Washington DC. “There\u2019ve been a lot of responses,\u201d said the former World No. 13.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the first day, there were maybe over 100 messages. I\u2019ve got a lot of options. My dad point blank asked me if I\u2019d gone on a date yet, and I told him I hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve never really had the time, and no one\u2019s really asked me, which, I don\u2019t know why! He suggested I post a video on Instagram and have a date in Montr\u00e9al where you feel at home and you feel comfortable.<\/p>\n “I got responses from other athletes, including ones I went to the Olympics with, and they told me, \u2018I know how you feel,\u2019 or, \u2018When I was 22, I hadn\u2019t gone on a date yet, either.\u2019<\/p>\n “At this age, we\u2019re all either studying or going to sports competitions, so reading those messages not only makes me feel better and like I\u2019m not the odd one out, but it\u2019s also pretty cool that we\u2019re able to have those conversations together.”<\/p>\n The request comes just weeks after Fernandez’s underwhelming performance at Wimbledon<\/a>. The world<\/a> No. 36 easily defeated Great Britain’s Hannah Klugman with a 6-1 6-3 victory in the opening round, reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, she suffered an unexpected second round exit after losing to Laura Siegemund in straight sets, 6-2 6-3. Fernandez also teamed up with New Zealand’s Lulu Sun for the doubles event.<\/p>\n Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n But they too endured an early exit, losing in the first round to Demi Schuurs and Asia Muhammad, who themselves were eliminated in the next round.<\/p>\n Fernandez has had a shaky few months, with early departures from the French Open and Wimbledon indicating that she’s not currently playing at her best. However, she set up a round-of-16 clash with world No. 4 Jessica Pegula by beating Joint.<\/p>\n The hard-court tournament could provide Fernandez with an opportunity to find her groove before she heads back to Montreal. And victory would certainly give her something to chat about with any potential date back in her home country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leylah Fernandez took to social media with a bold request, turning her attention to dating after a disappointing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[943,66689,5066,2603,79,1068,16,15,5068,5069],"class_list":{"0":"post-289355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-canadian-open","10":"tag-french-open","11":"tag-love","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wimbledon","17":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114911297159760035","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Leylah](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Day-Three-The-Championships-Wimbledon-2025.jpg\")
The Canadian is on the search for love in her home country(Image: Mike Hewitt, Getty Images)<\/p>\n