Two days after her match against Rebecca Sramkova, the player from the French Riviera was back on the courts of the Australian Open. This time, it was the Japanese player Moyuka Uchijima (22 years old, ranked 170th in the world) who faced the consequences.
Second round of the Australian Open qualifiers. Two days after her first match, Fiona Ferro faced the young Moyuka Uchijima. The two players had already faced each other in the first round of qualifiers during the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon (Ferro had won 2-1).
This time, they met at the Australian Open. The encounter was not as intense as it had been earlier in the week. Although the start of the match was quite irregular on both sides, Fiona Ferro managed to hold her serve one more time than her opponent. Very aggressive, the Japanese player committed too many unforced errors to hope for anything in the first set. The player adopted by the French Riviera took the lead (6-4).
More consistent on her serve in the second set, Fiona Ferro quickly took advantage. Moyuka Uchijima struggled on her second serve, almost always giving the point to the player from the French Riviera.
Fiona Ferro quickly wrapped up the set and the match (6-4/6-1) in 1 hour and 14 minutes. In the next round, she will face Polina Kudermetova (20 years old, ranked 186th in the world). One last match to enter the main draw of the Australian Grand Slam!
