MELBOURNE: Ash Barty stormed into her maiden Australian Open semifinal on Tuesday with an emphatic 7-6 , 6-2 win over Petra Kvitova that avenged her defeat to the hard-hitting Czech in last year’s quarterfinal at Melbourne Park.
The 23-year-old became the first Australian woman to reach the semifinals at Melbourne Park since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. Australia have not had a home winner at Melbourne Park since Chris O’Neil’s triumph in the women’s tournament in 1978 but the sports-mad nation may feel Barty is poised to break the drought.Overwhelmed by Kvitova’s firepower in their last meeting in Melbourne – the Australian’s first appearance in the last eight of a Grand Slam – a wiser, craftier Barty took the court for the rematch on Tuesday.
Kvitova belatedly found her range and fired a searing backhand down the line to break back to 4-2 but it was more of a death rattle than a rally.
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