MELBOURNE RESULTS. Astonishing Barty destroys Rybakina in the 3rd round of the Australian Open

Ashleigh Barty breezes past Elena Rybakina 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Friday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Alison Riske in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Rybakina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Barty in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Barty was not done to come back to break Rybakina 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Certainly, a key moment was when Barty won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

2^nd set.

Barty had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Rybakina in the 1^st game (1-0). Barty managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Rybakina in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ashleigh scored 74 points vs. Elena’s 54 points.

Barty was effective in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, Elena was battling in converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Barty and Rybakina is 1-0 for Ashleigh.

Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Elena Rybakina Australian Open – Melbourne

Barty’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Ashleigh Barty vs. Alison Riske – stats

Barty will take on Riske in the 4^th round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Ashleigh Barty and Alison Riske play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Riske (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Riske won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the 4^th round in London back in 2019.

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• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-6 7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression

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