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

Leylah Fernandez backhand Zuma / Panoramic
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships •Second round • completed
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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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