22 August 2019
Along with the sort of meteoric rise Barty enjoyed when she won the French Open in June comes a corresponding frenzy at any subsequent setback, as if every defeat was the start of a catastrophic spiral back down to earth. And yes, the world number one ranking came and went too, with her hopes of wresting it back to take top seeding at the US Open foundering last weekend with defeat to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Cincinnati Masters semi-finals.
“But to be here in a semi, to give yourself another opportunity at the business end of a tournament is always a good thing.Barty's all-court style was always supposed to suit grass best but it was at Flushing Meadows where she first reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam last year, going out to Karolina Pliskova as 18th seed.
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