Barty & Dayana to clash in WTA Adelaide International Final

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Patna : Top seed and World No 1 Ashleigh Barty, 23, Australia, and World No 24 Dayana Yastremska, 19, Ukraine, will clash in the final of WTA Adelaide International at Adelaide, Australia, on January 18, 2020.

Dayana upset World No 12 and 6th seed Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, straight sets 6-4, 7-6 in semi-finals on January 17, 2020. Dayana won 2 break points in the match to 1 Sabalenka. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Sabalenka fired 6 Aces in the match to 5 by Dayana. Dayana committed 6 double faults to 4 by Sabalenka.

World No 1 Barty edged past World No 27 Danielle Rose Collins, 26, USA, in a three-set slugfest 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 battling back from one set down. Barty hammered 14 Aces in the match to 2 by Collins.  Barty won 3 break points to 2 by the American. The Australian won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Collins. Collins had upset World No 7 Belinda Bencic, 22, Switzerland, the 4th seed, in QFs on January 16, 2020.