Tweets of the Day: Fernandez, Marino impress as Canada takes the lead

Photo : Joe Ng

Fans in Vancouver were treated to a great opening day of Team Canada presented by Safeway’s Billie Jean King Cup playoff tie with Latvia as Leylah Annie Fernandez and Rebecca Marino got the host nation off to a winning start.

Check out the scenes inside the Pacific Coliseum with the best tweets from Friday.

Welcome Home

Fernandez had appeared in multiple Billie Jean King Cup ties already, but none on home soil. Boy, did she relish the moment.

🇨🇦👏 @leylahfernandez 👏🇨🇦#BJKCup | @TennisCanada pic.twitter.com/UiePkhnpVG
— Billie Jean King Cup (@BJKCup) April 16, 2022

Leylah Annie Fernandez with a decisive 6-1, 6-2 win at Billie Jean King Cup.

Next up: Vancouver's Rebecca Marino for a chance to give Canada a 2-0 lead over Latvia.

Airing live on @Sportsnet NOW pic.twitter.com/E8cJjWZwgn
— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) April 16, 2022

Let's go @leylahfernandez!!!! #TennisNation #BillieJeanKingCup pic.twitter.com/WXZuDKDNoK
— Aaron Demes🚝🥑 (@aarondemes) April 16, 2022

Go #Leylah! pic.twitter.com/bEKjPvdd4D
— Rod Mickleburgh (@rodmickleburgh) April 15, 2022

Another winner for ⁦@leylahfernandez⁩ ! #BIllieJeanKingCup pic.twitter.com/Lp7xoz9aao
— Rod Mickleburgh (@rodmickleburgh) April 16, 2022

@leylahfernandez with a W 😤😤😤@BJKCup @ITV @TennisCanada #TennisNation 🇨🇦 #BillieJeanKingCup pic.twitter.com/obVGEcCl9u
— Coach Shayain (@CoachShayain) April 16, 2022

Round of applause and high fives for all as Leylah Fernandez takes the first rubber in dominant 6-1, 6-2 fashion.#BJKCup #BillieJeanCup pic.twitter.com/TJiwlQd07a
— Michael Liu (@Mike_Liu14) April 16, 2022

She plays to win! She takes all her time and space, she shows us how. And then she advocates for others.

My hero is less than half my age#LeylahFernandez #Filipinas #pinoypride #BillieJeanKingCup #canada pic.twitter.com/5Q1VdilW8a
— Jackie Rose (@rosej8) April 16, 2022

Great match @leylahfernandez and #TeamCanada! Let’s go @beccamarino90! 🇨🇦🎾 #BillieJeanKingCup https://t.co/dmUrW4H55D
— Jodi Bartlett (@JodisJourneys) April 16, 2022

Hometown Hero

Marino’s match may not have been as dominant as Fernandez, but it was impressive none the less.

Marino loses the second set in a tiebreaker and they're going to a third set…

This is a really good match.

Feels like Marino can win it and take over with her power but it's been fading from late in the 2nd set. #BJKCup
— Omar A.R. (@omarcanuck) April 16, 2022

Rebecca Marino with a gutsy 3-set win in Canada's second match: 6-3, 6-7, 6-3.

"I was nervous playing at home to be honest," she said on court after the match. #BJKCup pic.twitter.com/WUc63aVlIC
— Omar A.R. (@omarcanuck) April 16, 2022

🇨🇦Rebecca Marino defeated 🇱🇻Daniela Vismane 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 to move Canada up 2-0 over Latvia in their @BJKCup qualifier.

Post match, Marino thrilled to win on her home soil in Vancouver, B.C.:

"I can't express what this means to me!"#BillieJeanKingCup
— Ben Lewis (@BenLewisSN590) April 16, 2022

Victory!!! For Vancouver’s indomitable Rebecca Marino in a hard-fought 3-set match against her tough Latvian opponent…”This is unbelievable,” she tells her hometown crowd. #BillieJeanKingCup Canada now up 2-0…
— Rod Mickleburgh (@rodmickleburgh) April 16, 2022

Rarely do we get to witness top quality tennis on the west coast. And it was a special treat to see #LeylahFernandez and the hometown favorite #rebeccamarino winning it at home! #GoCanadaGo #tenniscanada #BillieJeanKingCup pic.twitter.com/eiLRR9L3q4
— Lawrence T. Cheung 🏥🛐🏃🏻‍♂️🏒🏔🇨🇦📟🥃🍣🍜 (@soulcareyvr) April 16, 2022

Leylah was all of us during this match.

@leylahfernandez is everyone watching @beccamarino90 try to close out this first day of action for @TennisCanada at the @BJKCup 🍿🍿🍿 pic.twitter.com/c4PJEbMgsm
— Michael Fenton (@MFents) April 16, 2022

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