Ashleigh Barty motors past Madison Keys 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Thursday after playing a solid match to square off with Danielle Rose Collins in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Barty added to her prize money $ 1,100,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 2,200,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 2,200,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 4,400,000 in total.
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Madison Keys Australian Open – Melbourne
Barty’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ashleigh scored 65 points vs. Keys’s 39.
Barty
Ashleigh served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (24/28) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (12/18) on her second serve. Ashleigh was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Keys
On the other side, Keys wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Barty and Keys is 3-1 for Ashleigh.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashleigh Barty vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Barty will square off with Rose Collins in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Ashleigh Barty and Danielle Rose Collins square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Rose Collins won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Barty started the set strong after breaking Madison Keys in the 1st game (1-0). Barty reinforced her lead after breaking Keys in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The American was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Ashleigh was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Madison wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 48 points. Barty was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than the American (31-17). Barty lost 5 points on serve (15-5). on the other side of the net, Keys conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Australian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 56 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Keys (34-22). Ashleigh conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Tennis Scores at the
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Madison KeysKeys (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (3-1) – H2H details and stats