Dubai Duty Free Championships: Fernandez sets up clash with world No 1 Swiatek
Leylah Fernandez won against Julia Grabher 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday evening. She’ll face top seed Iga Swiatek in the next round
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez moved into the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships by winning against Austrian qualifier Julia Grabher 6-4, 6-2 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Sunday evening.
Fernandez, ranked No 39, will play top seed Iga Swiatek next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Katarina Zavatska
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Petra Martic vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Jil Teichmann vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Karolina Muchova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Ana Bogdan
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Ipek Oz vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Linda Fruhvirtova (WC) beat Danielle Collins: 6-3, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova beat Vera Zvonareva (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Paula Badosa: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Marie Bouzkova beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-1
- Petra Kvitova (12) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-1
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-4, 6-2
- Madison Keys beat Jasmine Paolini (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 6-3
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