Ash Barty draws on French Open experience in bid to topple Amanda Anisimova

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World No 1 met American on way to 2019 Roland Garros titlePair clash again in Australian Open fourth round on SundayA lot of people predicted Ash Barty would play Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open’s last 16. Barty was not one of them. “That was your expectation,” she told press after Osaka fell to Amanda Anisimova. “My expectation was whoever it would be.”Barty’s expectation is in close alignment with her memory, and her memory is of being one set and three games down against a 17-year-old Anisimova the semi-final at Roland Garros in 2019. Continue reading...

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