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Ash Barty wins Adelaide Int’l

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Canberra, Jan 9: World No.1 Ash Barty had a perfect start to the new season ahead of the home Grand Slam, the Australian Open, winning the Adelaide International by crushing world No. 14 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday night’s final.
This was Barty’s 14th career singles title and second in Adelaide. The victory underlined Barty’s status as the favourite to win the Australian Open, where she hopes to become the first home-grown champion since 1978.
Barty, 25, beat American prodigy Coco Gauff, 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and 2020 French Open winner Iga Swiatek of Poland en route to the title in Adelaide. (IANS)

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