Earlier, world number one Ashleigh Barty beat Coco Gauff.
World No. 24 Leylah Fernández got off to a good start in her preparation for the Australian Open by defeating Russia’s Yekaterina Alexandrova on Monday in the first round of the Adelaide WTA 500 tournament, where defending champion Iga Swiatek (9th) from Poland will be premiere precisely facing the Canadian with an Ecuadorian father.
Fernández, 19, will play his second round match against Swiatek (20 years old) this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (Ecuadorian time) on center court.
The tournament can be followed through DAZN via streaming, in addition to the official WTA platform, WTA TV.
Earlier this Wednesday, the world number one Ashleigh Barty beat Coco Gauff, and Aryna Sabalenka, number two, fell to the world number 100.
Before her public, the Australian Barty defeated the American Gauff (22nd) 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1 and reached the quarterfinals.
Belarusian Sabalenka fell to Slovenian Kaja Juvan 7-6 (8/6) and 6-1, paying for her bad game with service.
He committed 18 double faults, 11 of them in the second set.
Greek Maria Sakkari (6th) also fell, defeated by American Shelby Rogers (40th) 7-6 (7/5), 2-6 and 6-4.
In the Adelaide men’s tournament, Croatian Marin Cilic (30th in the world) eliminated Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (89th) in the second round by 6-4 and 7-6 (7/3).
American Frances Tiafoe (38th) was also eliminated, defeated by Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (171st) 3-6, 7-5 and 6-1.
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