Leylah Fernandez tops fan vote to win Billie Jean King Cup Heart Award
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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez has seen off competition from Katie Boulter, Magdalena Frech and Elina Svitolina to be voted the Heart Award winner from the Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Play-offs.
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Fans were invited to vote for their winner of the first Heart Award under the competition’s new name, with the winner receiving $3000 to donate to a charity of their choice. Fernandez has chosen Table de Concertation en Sécurité Alimentaire de Villeray, based in her native Montreal, which co-ordinates initiatives to tackle poverty and hunger in the district of Villeray.