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Leylah Annie Fernandez gets the ball rolling at the Australian Open early Saturday evening.
The Quebecer will be on the field from 7 p.m. to face the Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva.
The opportunity is great for Fernandez in front of the 100th racket in the world to get off to a good start in his first major tournament of the season. The representative of the Maple Leaf has never done better than the second round at the Australian Open. She reached this phase of the competition during her last two appearances.
The winner of this match will meet the winner of the duel between Cristina Bucsa and Chloe Paquet.
In the women’s portion of the draw, Rebecca Marino is the other Canadian in the running. She will not be in action on this first day, but she must face the British and 22nd seed, Katie Boulter.
On Sunday evening, Denis Shapovalov will enter the stage who will cross swords with Roberto Bautista Agut. Just champion in Adelaide, Félix Auger-Aliassime will have a good test ahead of him for his first match of the tournament with a duel against the German Jan-Lennard Struff. He should play during the night from Sunday to Monday just like Quebecer Gabriel Diallo. Luca Nardi will be Diallo’s opponent.
