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Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025
The Czech 25th seed rallied after a lengthy medical timeout in the second set to secure a place in her first Grand Slam semifinal.
Serena Williams pulled out of the Yarra Valley Classic on Friday with a right shoulder injury, few hours after her quarterfinal victory.
The 24-year-old Queenslander has not played a match since February, opting not to defend her French Open title and also skipping the US Open in New York as the novel coronavirus wreaked havoc on global sport.
The US Open kicks off on August 31 and will be held in its usual home in Flushing Meadows, Queens, but will be played without fans in attendance to limit the spread of the virus.
Barty, 24, made the Australian Open semifinals in January but skipped the US Open and her French Open title defence citing a lack of preparation.
Thrashed 6-1, 6-4 by Kvitova last year, top seed Barty rode on a wave of crowd support as she defused the twice Wimbledon champion's power game before running away with the contest.
Sofia Kenin sent world number one Ash Barty spinning out of the Melbourne Park semi-finals 7-6(6) 7-5 on Thursday, crushing Australian hopes of a first home-grown champion at the Grand Slam in 42 years.
Barty needed to win to be sure of progressing having won one and lost one of her opening matches, and she did so in style as she dominated to win in 88 minutes against a tired looking Kvitova, who exits the competition with three straight losses.
Barty could face former champion Garbine Muguruza in the third round and awaiting in the quarterfinals could be defending champion Angelique Kerber or seven-time winner Serena Williams with twice champion Petra Kvitova a potential obstacle in the semifinal.
Holder Elina Svitolina will face world number one Ash Barty in the end-of-season WTA Finals showpiece on Sunday after they got past Belinda Bencic and Karolina Pliskova respectively in the semi-finals at Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre.
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