Canada's Leylah Fernandez earned a matchup with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek after a 6-4, 6-2 win over Julia Grabher of Austria on Sunday in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
The 39th-ranked Fernandez, from Laval, Que., won 87.1 per cent of her points on first serves to emerge victorious against the world No. 90 at the WTA Tour 1000 event.
Fernandez is 0-1 against Poland's Swiatek, losing 6-1, 6-2 last year in the round of 16 in Adelaide, Australia.
Swiatek is coming off a tournament title at the Qatar Open.
Meanwhile, Canada's Bianca Andreescu faces No. 9 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the first round on Monday.
Rybakina was runner-up at the Australian Open last month.
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