Ashleigh Barty’s Australian Open preparations are now in full swing, after dispatching local qualifier Ellen Perez in straight sets, to move into the final eight of the Sydney International.
Our Ipswich tennis darling showed why she’s been the talk of the Australian circuit, by holding her nerve in the closely-fought tiebreaker…before the 21-year-old romped home by losing just a single game in the second set, to book a quarter-final against world No.21 Barbora Strycova tonight.
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