Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez battled to a win over Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine on Saturday to advance to the second round of the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament. Fernandez played her match around 12 hours after walking in the opening ceremony as part of Team Canada on Friday. WATCH | Fernandez moves to 2nd round:Leylah Annie Fernandez wins opening match of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Sports 1:01 18-year-old Leylah Annie Fernandez from Laval, Que. Heat an issueHeat and humidity quickly became a major issue when the Olympic tennis tournament opened Saturday. Daniil Medvedev of the Russian Olympic Committee cools off on a changeover during his tennis match against Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan on Saturday.

Source: CBC News July 24, 2021 04:58 UTC