World No.1 Ash Barty volition caput to Melbourne to finalise her preparations for the Australian Open, pursuing her last-minute withdrawal from the Sydney Tennis Classic.
The Australian was the apical effect for the event, but following her triumph successful Adelaide she's elected to instrumentality the week disconnected anterior to the season's archetypal Grand Slam tournament.
Barty won some the singles and doubles tournaments successful Adelaide, downing Elena Rybakina successful the singles to assertion her 14th vocation title, and besides teamed up with chap Australian Storm Sanders to triumph the doubles.
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It was the cleanable tune-up for the Australian Open, with wins implicit Rybakina (ranked 14 successful the world), Iga Swiatek (9), Sofia Kenin (12) and Coco Gauff (22).
Barty's triumph implicit Swiatek means she has won 13 of her past 15 matches against top-10 ranked opponents.
The 25-year-old heads to Melbourne seeking to go the archetypal section subordinate since Chris O'Neill successful 1978 to triumph the Australian Open.
Barty made the quarter-finals astatine Melbourne Park successful 2019 and 2021, bookending a semi-final quality successful 2020.
The reigning Wimbledon champion volition beryllium the apical effect for the Open, with the gully to beryllium conducted aboriginal this week.
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