British No 2 beats Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-1The 27-year-old pays tribute to partner Courtney DuffusHeather Watson would seem to have rediscovered much of the form and confidence that briefly lifted her to within a couple of points of a career-defining win over
Serena Williams at
Wimbledon in 2015, and then vanished.
In the warmth of Acapulco on Sunday, the
British No 2 beat the rising Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-1 in nearly three hours to win the Mexican Open, her first WTA title in four years.