Ash Barty, the world No. 1 at the peak of her career, worked over rising star Amanda Anisimova in an intelligent display to advance to the quarter-finals | mickgleeson SMHsport
The difference of those five years and 60 ranking places was telling, with Barty working over the American 20-year-old to win in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3 and earn a quarter-final berth for the fourth successive year.When she won her French Open in 2019 Barty defeated both of those women on the way to her first grand slam title. Not that Barty remembered that. She said afterwards she was not sure she had played Pegula in a match before but had practiced with her plenty of times.
Anisimova created an upset last round when she beat reigning champion Naomi Osaka and set up the clash with Barty. Last year Barty fell in the quarter-finals to Karolina Muchova and there was no sense in this game at least of dropping her guard or form against the talented young American.Barty’s speed on court unsettled Anisimova, running down short balls and troubling her with her slice backhand.
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