Perfectly prepared Barty ready for an electric Melbourne ride


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 19 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Tour Finals - Shenzhen Bay Sports Center - Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China - November 3, 2019 Australia's Ashleigh Barty celebrates after winning the final against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina REUTERS/Aly Song

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ash Barty is already sick of the sight of her face plastered all over Melbourne but feels she is as well prepared as possible for a shot at ending her country's 42-year wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion.

The world number one cannot have had much time to check out the city on Sunday having hot-footed it from South Australia, where she beat Dayana Yastremska on Saturday evening to win the Adelaide International.

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