Ashleigh Barty demolishes Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-0 in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to play Madison Keys in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
Barty added to her prize money $ 500,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 1,100,000 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Barty will add $ 1,100,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 2,200,000.
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Jessica Pegula Australian Open – Melbourne
Barty’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ashleigh scored 63 points vs. the American’s 38.
Barty
Ashleigh served very well to win 81% of the points (22/27) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (10/18) on her second serve. The Australian didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Pegula
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Barty and Pegula is 2-0 for Ashleigh.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashleigh Barty vs. Madison Keys – stats
Barty will take on Keys in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Ashleigh Barty and Madison Keys fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Barty won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Paris back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Barty commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Barty improved her lead after breaking Jessica in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The American lost the 1st game (1-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
The Australian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They contested 59 points. The Australian won 11 more points than Jessica (35-24). The Australian conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). On the other side, the American conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Pegula was broken 3 times and Barty won the set 6-0.
The American lost the 5th game (5-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Barty converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, Barty didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Ashleigh was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Jessica (28-14). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). On the other side, Jessica conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Tennis Scores at the
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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