Two years after lifting the champion’s trophy at the Adelaide International, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty repeated the feat with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.
Contesting her 20th singles final, the 25-year-old Barty made a crucial hold of serve from 15-40 down to level at 3-3 in the first set. From then on, the top seed won seven straight games and triumphed in 64 minutes.
The lowest-ranked opponent Barty faced this week in Adelaide was No.