Australia's Ashleigh Barty, N.1 World, defeated Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3 in the Women's Tennis Masters in Shenzhen, China on Sunday (November 3rd). .

Ashleigh Barty was able to doubt the 8th player in the world on his faceoffs, reaching the breaker in the 9th game of the first set.

Aggressive on the service of his opponent, Barty, who played his first Masters, did not let the Ukrainian, who had always beaten her in five confrontations, return to the game to finally win.

Barty conceded very few points on his throw-in, climbing fast to the net against Svitolina, solid in the baseline.

However, the 25-year-old Ukrainian got the first break point in the 9th game. And it is with authority that the net Australian has put the order in his face.

Under pressure at 5-4, the Ukrainian stammered her first balls and Barty got a first set ball spoiled by a direct foul.

On the defense, Svitolina will save a passing second set ball but will crack at the third, on a return Barty on the lookout on a second serve ball (6-4 in 44 minutes). The second set was much more disjointed.

The Fed Cup in sight

Barty lost suddenly in consistency, committing many unforced errors to break without difficulty in the third game.

But as a true champion, the Australian has dislodged in stride, taking advantage of the difficulties of Svitolina on his first ball. A winning return followed by a rise to the net set the record straight.

At 5-3, Barty advanced to serve for the game and did not beat to beat a shutout.

Despite some direct blame, Barty played in the finals his best game of the week at the Masters, which she played for the first time in her career.

She had won with much more difficulty in the semifinal against the Czech Karolina Pliskova, N.2 World (4-6, 6-2, 6-3). Svitolina had qualified herself following the abandonment of Swiss Belinda Bencic.

Barty demonstrates that despite the fatigue of the end of the season she is in vivid shape to complete a year that could be even more memorable with the Fedcup final in focus, at home in Australia (9-10 November) against the team of France.

With AFP