On January 27, at 11-30 Moscow time, Barty will play against Keys in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Whose winning streak will collapse? Bookmakers consider the Australian a clear favorite of the meeting.
Ashley Barty
Barty is a 25-year-old Australian tennis player, the first racket of the world. She started the season with a triumph at the tournament in Adelaide-1, and now she is confidently advancing to her first final at the Australian Open. On the way to the semifinals, she did not lose a single game and conceded only one game on her serve. Tsurenko (6-0, 6-1), Bronzetti (6-1, 6-1), Giorgi (6-2, 6-3), Anisimova (6-4, 6-3) and Pegula (6-2, 6-0) went home.
Madison Keys
Keyes is a 26-year-old American tennis player, the 51st racket of the world. Like Barty, Madison has already managed to get the first trophy of the season, and also in Adelaide-2. At the Australian Open, she started with a victory over Kenin in two tight games (7-6, 7-5), then defeated Christian (6-2, 7-5), and in the third round she barely coped with Wang Qiang (3-6,6-4, 7-6). The next opponents were tennis players from the TOP 10, but the American beat them unexpectedly easily: Bados (6-3, 6-1) and Krejcikova (6-3, 6-2).
Personal meeting statistics
Account in personal meetings: 2-1 in favor of Barty. The girls played only one game on hard. It was a Fed Cup match in 2019, and then the Australian was stronger: 6-4, 6-1.
Interesting facts:
- Semi-finals (2020, 2022) - Barty's best result at the Australian Open.
- Semifinals (2015, 2022) - Keys' best result at the Australian Open.
- Madison's winning streak is 10 matches.
- Ashley's winning streak is 9 matches.
- The Australian has won 16 matches out of the last 17 (15 wins in two games).
- All three face-to-face meetings ended in two games.
Forecast from LiveResult.ru
A curious confrontation, because the girls came up to the face-to-face battle, having a good win-win streak. In addition, both have never played in the final of this TBSH, but they have already been in the semifinals once. Madison pleasantly surprises by gaining a great move, but she still won't be able to stop Barty. Ashley is now "head and shoulders" stronger than everyone else, so with a small minus handicap, she can safely be taken in the upcoming fight.