{"id":75077,"date":"2022-01-19T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75077"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:31:13","slug":"flawless-barty-powers-into-australian-open-third-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75077","title":{"rendered":"Flawless Barty powers into Australian Open third round"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Power-serving top seed Ashleigh Barty raced into the Australian Open third round Wednesday with another near-flawless performance, expelling little energy to swat aside Lucia Bronzetti.<\/p>\n

The Australian world number one is in ominous early-season form and was laser-focused on Rod Laver Arena against her second qualifier in a row, sweeping past the Italian 6-1, 6-1 in just 52 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Barty launched her bid for a maiden Australian Open title in emphatic fashion on Monday, crushing Lesia Tsurenko for the loss of one game in 54 minutes.<\/p>\n

Her serve has been untouchable all year. She is now unbeaten in six matches to start the 2022 season after winning the Adelaide International and has not lost a service game for five straight matches.<\/p>\n

“We are exactly where we are,” Barty said.<\/p>\n

“I felt like we had a good preparation in Adelaide. We played well, played throughout tough matches. (Coach) Craig Tyzzer is the master.<\/p>\n

“I feel like our whole team works extremely well together. We're enjoying our tennis and being able to produce some pretty good stuff.”<\/p>\n

Wimbledon champion Barty has been the top-ranked player for 111 consecutive weeks and her little-known 23-year-old opponent, ranked 142 and in her first Grand Slam, never stood a chance.<\/p>\n

She held serve then broke Bronzetti to love on a centre court bathed in sunshine.<\/p>\n

Bronzetti only hit one winner in the opening five games before finally getting off the mark with a service hold, ahead of the Australian banking the set in 26 minutes.<\/p>\n

The Italian held again to start the second set on a positive note but was broken in her next service game and the set followed a similar script.<\/p>\n

Barty will face a tougher task on Friday in the last 32 where experienced 30th seed Camila Giorgi awaits after the Italian beat Czech Tereza Martincova 6-2, 7-6 (7\/2).<\/p>\n

“She is an incredible ball striker and one of the most athletic girls out there,” said Barty of Giorgi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Power-serving top seed Ashleigh Barty raced into the Australian Open third round Wednesday with another near-flawless performance, expelling little energy to swat aside Lucia Bronzetti. The Australian world number one is in ominous early-season form and was laser-focused on Rod Laver Arena against her second qualifier in a row, sweeping past the Italian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":75078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n