There was a time when Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko got the better of Ashleigh Barty, but the Australian on Monday easily won her opening round of the Australian Open 6-0 6-1 | mickgleeson
Ashleigh Barty. World No.1. Reigning Wimbledon winner. Two-time grand slam champion. And, more importantly, fully vaccinated.
For the tournament favourite and the loved local, she was remarkably able to avoid the pre-Open attention because of the Djokovic imbroglio . If Monday night’s game had a familiar feel about it, there was good reason. Two years ago here Barty also played Tsurenko in the opening round. That was where the similarity ended, for on that occasion Barty dropped the opening set but avoided the disappointment of Brisbane in 2018.
Barty closed her down in her first two service games to skip out to an early lead and take the opening set comfortably.
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