Leylah Fernandez downs Starodubtsewa in the 1st round to battle vs Bucsa at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Fernandez ousts Starodubtsewa to face Cristina Bucsa in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Leylah Annie Fernandez downs Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Sunday. Fernandez will face off with Cristina Bucsa in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. This run will match her best result in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Fernandez
Melbourne
Fernandez's Record

The Canadian added to her prize money $ 68,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 200,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 90,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 290,000 in total.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fernandez
Starodubtseva
Leylah Annie Fernandez
7-5 6-4
2h:11
Yuliia Starodubtseva
86
86
Total points
77
77
31
31
Winners
26
26
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
45
45
Unforced
31
31
59%
59%
Ratio Unforced
41%
41%
9/11
9/11
Net Approaches
1/1
1/1
82%
82%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
55%
55%
1st in
54%
54%
69%
69%
1st won
59%
59%
31/45
31/45
1st won
26/44
26/44
43%
43%
2nd won
43%
43%
16/37
16/37
2nd won
16/37
16/37
170
170
Fastest serve
167
167
150
150
AVG 1st Serve
153
153
138
138
AVG 2nd Serve
133
133
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
3/11
3/11
50%
50%
Won
27%
27%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Fernandez scored 86 points vs. Starodubtsewa’s 77.

Fernandez

The Canadian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).

Starodubtsewa

On the other side, the Ukrainian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Starodubtsewa is 1-0 for Leylah .

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Cristina Bucsa – stats

Fernandez will take on Bucsa in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Cristina Bucsa face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fernandez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Fernandez won 7-64 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2024.

Leylah Annie Fernandez Draw info

1st
Fernandez
Starodubtseva
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Fernandez
Starodubtseva
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 6-2)
  • Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (7-5 6-4)
  • Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Sonay KartalKartal (6-1 7-65)
  • Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-3)
  • Tatjana MariaMaria – Bernarda PeraPera (7-63 6-4)
  • Paula BadosaBadosa – Xinyu WangWang (6-3 7-65)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Anca Alexia TodoniAlexia Todoni (7-63 6-1)
  • Donna VekicVekic – Diane ParryParry (6-4 6-4)
  • Cristina BucsaBucsa – Chloe PaquetPaquet (6-2 6-3)
  • Clara TausonTauson – Linda NoskovaNoskova (5-7 6-3 6-4)
  • Suzan LamensLamens – Veronika ErjavecErjavec (7-5 7-62)
  • Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Daria SavilleSaville (1-6 6-4 7-5)

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