US Open: Last year’s finalist Leylah Fernandez reaches second round; Samsonova next
Leylah Fernandez won against Oceane Dodin 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday night and will face Russian Liudmila Samsonova, who is on a 11-match winning streak
Leylah Fernandez at the 2022 US Open in New York
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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, the No 14 seed, defeated Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday night.
Fernandez, who lost in last year’s final to Emma Raducanu, is playing only her third tournament since the French Open due to a foot injury.
She improved to 2-2 since then with today’s win and next faces the red-hot Russian Liudmila Samsonova.
Samsonova won her 11th match in a row on Monday scoring a straight sets win over Czech teen Sara Bejlek.
US Open (Grand Slam), other first-round results
- Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-3, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Serena Williams beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-2
- Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-0
- Barbora Krejcikova (23) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Shelby Rogers (31) beat Arantxa Rus: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Karolina Muchova: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Shuai Zhang beat Jil Teichmann (30): 6-4, 6-2
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Daria Saville: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Rebecca Marino beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-3
- Evgeniya Rodina beat Martina Trevisan (27): 7-5, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Madison Brengle: 7-5, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Diane Parry: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Madison Keys (20) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Harriet Dart beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-6 (8), 1-6, 6-3
- Camila Giorgi beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Ana Konjuh: 6-0, 6-0
- Coco Gauff (12) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Maryna Zanevska beat Coco Vandeweghe (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Dalma Galfi beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
- Daria Snigur (Q) beat Simona Halep (7): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
- Elizabeth Mandlik (WC) beat Tamara Zidansek: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
- Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Donna Vekic: 7-5, 6-3
- Camila Osorio beat Ann Li: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Eleana Yu (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (17) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-4, 6-3
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