Ash Barty is again looking every inch the world No.1 after repelling a familiar battling effort from Angelique Kerber to power into the final of the Cincinnati Open.
Ash Barty has forged her way back into winning ways at the Cincinnati Open, making hard but eventually satisfying work of beating British qualifier Heather Watson in her first match since her shock opening round exit at the Tokyo Olympics.
Ash Barty has lamented a "loose and erratic" effort after she fell flat in a shock first-round Toyko Olympic loss to unheralded Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Ash Barty's quest for Tokyo gold has started impressively while John Millman beat rising Italian talent Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-4 to progress to the second round of the Olympic men's tennis event.
