Leylah Annie Fernandez gets the better of Julia Grabher 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Dubai on Sunday. Fernandez will play against Iga Swiatek in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Julia Grabher Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 62 points vs. Grabher’s 39.
Fernandez
Fernandez served extremely well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (6/11) on her second serve. Leylah was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Grabher
On the other side, the Austrian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Fernandez and Grabher is 2-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Fernandez will face Swiatek in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Iga Swiatek face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez won the set after she broke the Austrian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Grabher tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, the Canadian didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
The Canadian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Julia converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 64 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Grabher (38-26). Leylah surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, the Austrian conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).
Fernandez had a great start in this set after breaking Julia Grabher in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. the Canadian to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Leylah converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Leylah didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 37 points. Fernandez conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Austrian (24-13). The Canadian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Julia conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).
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