Tennis-Barty sees off Siniakova challenge to reach fourth round

LONDON: Top seed Ash Barty beat Czech Katerina Siniakova at Wimbledon on Saturday having fended off an opponent who would have fancied her chances after dropping serve just once in the last two rounds and with six career wins against top-10 opponents.

Next up for Barty will be Siniakova's doubles partner and 14th seed Barbora Krejcikova, who has won 15 successive singles matches including titles at Strasbourg and a maiden Grand Slam triumph at Roland Garros. "This is genuinely one of my favourite weeks of the year so to be prolonging my stay is a lot of fun but I'm looking forward to the challenge. Barbora's been playing some incredible stuff recently."Siniakova won the doubles title with Krejcikova at the All England Club in 2018 - the Czech pair also won the French Open last month - but is no pushover when it comes to singles.

The Australian, whose best performance at Wimbledon was also a run to the fourth round in 2019, denied Siniakova pace on the ball and used her backhand slices and drop shots heavily.

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