Fed Cup final: 1-1 - Barty and Mladenovic mercilessly
Ashleigh Barty has equalized for the Australians in the Fed Cup final. At the start, France's Kristina Mladenovic had won against Ajla Tomljanovic.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Nov 09, 2019, 07:02 am
At first they looked a bit muddy, the Australian fans in the packed arena in Perth: 6: 1 and 6: 1, with this result Kristina Mladenovic opened the finals in this year's Fed Cup final. Opponent Ajla Tomljanovic was completely without a chance against the girlfriend of Dominic Thiem, after all, after all, distinguished himself as a cheerleader in the Australian box.
And how: Ashleigh Barty got the first ten games of the match against Carloine Garcia before she had to fend off two of her opponent's breakballs. But the Frenchwoman did not know how to use these possibilities, could not win her last match of the match. Barty fixed with the 6: 0 and 6: 0 sovereign the balance.
It was arguably the best match she'd ever played, Barty explained after her success. And thanked the support of the local fans. In Perth, she started the year 2019 at the Hopman Cup, now Barty is looking forward to finishing it there as well.
On Sunday it comes to the top match between the world ranking first and Mladenovic - but both probably also, if necessary, will play in the doubles. Mladenovic on the side of Garcia. Barty probably with Samantha Stosur.