{"id":118027,"date":"2021-08-22T21:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T21:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=118027"},"modified":"2021-08-22T22:56:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:56:31","slug":"barty-ends-48-year-drought-with-historic-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=118027","title":{"rendered":"Barty ends 48-year drought with historic win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top-ranked Ash Barty<\/a> won her fifth title of the season, taking eight of the last nine games from wild card Jil Teichmann for a 6-3, 6-1 victory in the Western & Southern Open final on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Barty, who won her first Wimbledon title<\/a> in July before getting upset in the first round at the Tokyo Olympics<\/a>, now has plenty of momentum heading into the U.S. Open<\/a>, which starts August 30 in New York.<\/p>\n

Teichmann had a surprising run to the final, upsetting second-ranked Naomi Osaka, Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic and fourth-ranked Karolina Pliskova.<\/p>\n

"This is where you belong," Barty said to Teichmann during the post-match ceremony. "You played exceptional tennis this week."<\/p>\n

\"Ash<\/p>\n

Barty, of Australia, broke Teichmann's serve to take a 5-3 lead in the first set, then won the next six games.<\/p>\n

"It's been an awesome week," Barty said. "I felt like, each match, I got better and better in most parts of my game. I was just excited to get some matches under my belt in some tough conditions, and I think it put us in good stead going to New York."<\/p>\n

In the second set, the Swiss player received medical attention on her heavily taped right foot during a changeover.<\/p>\n

"I was very happy with my week," Teichmann said. "Obviously, today, I wanted to win, but Ash was just too good. I felt like I was there in the first set, but then she got a little break and it was gone. She played some good points. Then, in the second set, she stepped up her level. Ash was just too good."<\/p>\n

Men's Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev had a relatively easy time in the Cincinnati men's final, winning the first four games en route to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev.<\/p>\n

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