Ashleigh Barty

Barty Maintains Her Focus, Rallies Over Pliskova

STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 23, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Friday’s quarterfinals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix pared the lineup of eight down to four – featuring six of the current WTA Top 10 players. It’s only too bad that because of […]

Stuttgart Presents New Challenges For Barty

STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty will make her Stuttgart singles debut Wednesday evening as she takes the court in the second round of the WTA 500 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix facing unseeded Laura […]

Barty Beats Local Favorite In Charleston

CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 9, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On an evening when World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty wasn’t at her best – inconsistent with her serve – she still adapted and survived a grueling match from local favorite Shelby Rogers to […]

For Barty, Tennis Is More Than Wins And Losses

CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) What began with a 50-hour travel odyssey from Australia just to reach Miami culminated in winning a WTA 1000 title for Ashleigh Barty at the end of the south Florida fortnight. With […]

Barty Retains Miami Open Title By Retirement

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, April 3, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It wasn’t the way World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty wanted to win her second straight Miami Open presented by Itaú singles title, when World No. 9 Bianca Andreescu was forced to retire in […]

Barty, Svitolina Tame Heat, Advance In Miami

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty garnered her ninth straight victory at the Miami Open presented by Itaú dating back to her 2019 title run and reached the quarterfinal round of this […]

Women’s Top Three Agree: WTA Depth Has Risen

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Through the first two and one-half months of the 2021 WTA season, covering 13 tournaments, there have been 12 different winners on tour. The only repeat winner headed into this week’s WTA 1000-series […]

Collins Sets Up Clash With Barty In Adelaide

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Adelaide International, the sixth and final WTA tournament of the Australian Swing, got under way at Memorial Drive Monday. Six of the Top 20 players in the world are in the draw, […]

Barty To Defend Adelaide International Title

TA Press Release, February 19, 2021 World No. 1 Ash Barty from Queensland will play the Adelaide International from 22 to 27 February 2021 at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre in South Australia. Barty has been granted a wildcard into the main […]

Lost, Then Found, Muchova Knocks Out Barty

MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, February 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Everything began sunny at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park on Wednesday. From the bright skies and 25º Celsius conditions that baked Rod Laver Arena in sunshine to World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty‘s […]