Victoria Azarenka is 1 wins away to conquer the title in Cincinnati. Azarenka has defeated Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-3 and Alison Riske 6-2 7-5 to reach the 3rd round where she will face Ashleigh Barty.
Draw Prediction with head to head records
This is Victoria Azarenka’s projected draw and the presumable opposition in Western & Southern Open. Azarenka has a unfavourable record (1-2) against the presumable opponents.
R3 – Ashleigh Barty’s rankings and performance.
Head to head 2-1 for Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh Barty has a 36-7 win-loss record in 2021, 15-3 on hard. In connection to the previous 11 years, the Australian has a 150-50 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Australian won 8 of her last 10 matches.
Her best achievement of the current season was winning the title in Melbourne where she defeated Garbine Muguruza in the final 7-6(3) 6-4, in Miami where she beat Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the final 6-3 4-0 ret., in Stuttgart where she overcame Aryna Sabalenka in the final 3-6 6-0 6-3, and at the Wimbledon where she defeated Karolina Pliskova in the final 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3.
Last year in Western & Southern Open the Australian didn’t take part in the competition.
H2H Victoria Azarenka vs. Ashleigh Barty
This contest would be 4th time that Victoria Azarenka and Ashleigh Barty clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard in major tournaments.