TENNIS SCORES CINCINNATI. Superb Barty brushes past Sharapova in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI. Barty motors past Sharapova to square off with Anett Kontaveit in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Ashleigh Barty vs. Maria Sharapova

Ashleigh Barty clobbers Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to square off with Anett Kontaveit in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Australian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Barty broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

2nd set.

Barty had a favorable start in this set after breaking Sharapova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Australian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Maria in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ashleigh scored 73 points vs. Maria’s 54 points.

The Australian served pretty well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind her first serve. However she won only 43% points (12/28) on her second serve. Ashleigh was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, Maria was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 14% of her break points (1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Barty and Sharapova is 2-1 for Ashleigh.

Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Maria Sharapova Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Barty’s Interview

Next Match: Ashleigh Barty vs. Anett Kontaveit – H2H and stats

Barty will fight against Kontaveit in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Ashleigh Barty and Anett Kontaveit clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Barty and Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Barty won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Miami back in March 2019.