Ashleigh Barty defeats Karolina Pliskova 7-6(1) 6-3 to win her maiden Miami Open title and become the first Australian woman since 2013 to reach the top 10 in the world rankings
Ashleigh Barty of Australia celebrates with the trophy after her win against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during the woman's finals at the Miami Open at Miami Open Tennis Complex
From there on the fatigued Czech, whose semi-final win over Simona Halep finished after 1 am local time earlier on Saturday due to rain delays, put up little resistance. “Kaja has the ability to really hit you off the court and take it away from you so I knew I had to have my running shoes on today to try and make as many balls as possible.”“I tried to make the most of it,” she said of playing an exhausted opponent.
“Congrats to Ashleigh. She played incredible all week, all the matches were close and especially today I thought she came up with some good tennis.”
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