{"id":116981,"date":"2021-08-19T23:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=116981"},"modified":"2021-08-20T00:58:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T00:58:09","slug":"tennis-world-stunned-as-barty-obliterates-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=116981","title":{"rendered":"Tennis world stunned as Barty obliterates rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

World No.1 Ash Barty<\/a> thrashed Victoria Azarenka to advance to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.<\/p>\n

The Aussie<\/a>, in her first tournament since winning bronze in the mixed doubles in Tokyo, delivered the dominant 72-minute victory in ruthless fashion smashing the former world No.1 Azarenka 6-0 6-2.<\/p>\n

The result was never beyond doubt with the Aussie flying out of the blocks to win 10 straight games to start the match. It was a much more clinical display than her opening clash against Britain's Heather Watson to win 6-4 7-6.<\/p>\n

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Azarenka, a two-time grand slam winner, was blown off the court by Barty's all round game and was on the backfoot from the outset through the Australian's pin-point first serve.<\/p>\n

Barty's dominant win was the talk of the tennis circuit, with the convincing nature of the victory causing many to take notice.<\/p>\n

The Queenslander was the favourite heading into the match, but nobody expected world No. 13 Azarenka to fold the way she did.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA_Espanol\/status\/1428438076662112257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg reacted by tweeting "crikey" while the official WTA Twitter account simply said "wow".<\/p>\n

Commentator Jose Morgado said: "The world number one did #1 things."<\/p>\n

The Tennis Podcast's<\/em> social media team tweeted a gif of Azarenka with a caption saying "what is happening?"<\/p>\n

The Aussie will face either reigning French Open champion Barbola Krejcikova or Garbine Muguruza for a place in the final four.<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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