Ashley Barty passed over the American Jessica Pegula by beating her by a convincing 6-2 and 6-0 and qualified for the semifinals of the Australian Open.
Bartywho will face the American in the next round madison keyswill try to put an end to the local curse in a ‘major aussie’ that has not had a local champion since Chris O’Neil raised the title in 1978.
The Australian came to the duel hardened after beating the American Amanda Anisimova in her previous round, a tennis player with a similar style to Pegula, and took her rival out of her comfort zone, the bottom line, by offering a recital again with her sublime sliced backhand, ideal for alternating height, which set the Rod Laver Arena on its feet.
Bartywho snapped her 63-game winning streak against Anisimova, saved the only break point she faced and maintained a solid 82% of points with firsts.
The Australian crowd gushed over the only living host in the draw but were left wanting more after Barty closed out the game in just one hour and three minutes.
Bartywho maintains a favorable 2-1 with his next rival keyswon the last duel against the American in the quarterfinals of the 2019 edition of a Roland Garros that she would end up winning.
keyswho decisively beat the Czech in the other quarter-final match Barbora Krejcikova (4), will try to surprise and reach what would be his second Grand Slam final, after losing to his compatriot Sloane Stephens in the 2017 US Open final.
