(Ashleigh Barty)
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Patna : Top seed & World No 1 Ashleigh Barty, 24, Australia, beat 8th seed Bianca Andreescu, 20, Canada, in final on April 3, 2021, late night, to win the women’s singles title at Miami Open at Miami Gardens, Florida, USA. Barty, a former cricketer, was leading 6-3, 4-0 when Biance Andreescu, the 2019 US Open Champion, retired injured giving the defending champion a walkover. It is Barty’s 11th career title.
2019 French Open champion Barty won 4 break points in the match to 1 by World No 9 Bianca. The Australian also won 5 games in a row during the match to 2 by the Canadian. Barty fired 5 Aces during the match to 2 by the Canadian. Both the players committed 2 double faults each.