World No. 1 Ash Barty breezed through her opening round match against Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, winning 6-0, 6-1 on Monday evening.
“It’s felt like an eternity since I have been back on this court. I felt like it was [a] nice and clean [performance],” Barty said.
“It’s nice to be back on home soil and playing as well as I did tonight. It was a fun out there.”
Barty was in total control from the start, jumping to a 2-0 lead and then powering home to take the opening set.
The second set was similar fashion as Barty broke her opponent to go 2-0 before Tsurenko finally won a game at 5-1, but by then the result was inevitable.
American outsider Ann Li produced the upset of her life on Wednesday, taking 10 match points…
Alexander Zverev will claim world year-end No. 1 honours for the first time on the…
John McEnroe has used a trip to Spain to come down hard on modern player…
Carlos Alcaraz will headline the field as the Australian Open stages its 1-Point Slam for…
Novak Djokovic is wisely choosing not to tempt fate, with the China Open winner withdrawing…
Novak Djokovic retained his magic touch at the China Open, winning his seventh title without…