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Patna : Top seed and World No 2 Ashleigh Barty, 23, Australia, beat World No 33 Maria Sakkari, 24, Greece, in a three-set encounter to enter the semi-finals of Cincinnati Open at Ohio, USA, on August 16, 2019, late night. Barty defeated Sakkari 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the quarter-finals coming from behind to advance to the SFs.
Barty fired 13 Aces in the match to 5 by Sakkari. She won 6 break points to 2 by Sakkari. The Australian won 8 games in a row in the match to 5 by Sakkari. Both the players won 46 service points each in the match. Sakkari had upset World No 9 Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, in Round of 16.