Mason, Ohio: A long layoff was no problem for Ash Barty. To prove it, he has got the Wimbledon Championship this year.
She is also expected to answer for another delay.
Top-ranked Bartis’ second round match at the Western and Southern Open on Tuesday was twice postponed after a rain delay, pushing back the schedule for the second full day of play by a total of five hours. The match against qualifier Heather Watson will be her first action in more than three weeks as she lost in the first round at the Tokyo Olympics.
Barty began his run at Wimbledon after being isolated for five weeks due to a hip injury during his second-round match at the French Open. The Australian sailed through a draw at the All England Club, taking just two sets in both tiebreakers and one in the final as she secured her second Grand Slam title.
Since then, Barty’s only competitive match has been her loss in Tokyo.
Barty, who traveled with her team to the Bahamas to train for the Olympics, was looking forward to this week’s tournament, if only to get used to playing on hard courts in hot, humid conditions before she faces the upcoming US Open. may have to.
I think I’m looking forward to getting back on the hard court now and trying to find some rhythm and some grooves, which feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve played on hard courts, Barty sad. Honestly, I mean Miami (in March) was my last hard-court tournament, and the conditions there are quite different from here, so I think it will take some time to adjust, no doubt, but Stay well away and give yourself the best chance in every match.
Barty, who received a bye in the first round, said before the tournament that she was still processing her title at Wimbledon.
I think I was still trying to figure out in my mind what we were able to achieve as a team, and the adversity we went through, especially the period of the French Open and through Wimbledon , He said. I think we haven’t sat still as a team and really talked it through. I think it’s going to be a really enjoyable conversation that will probably bring a lot of laughter and a lot of our good times. I think it’s going to be an important part of my year, when we really get a chance to do that.
For now, I’m excited to have another chance to play here in Cinci, to go to New York and play there.
Among the winners of Tuesday’s first round were two-time Grand Slam champions Simona Halep and Coco Gauff in the women’s side and former men’s champion Grigor Dimitrov in Cincinnati. Gauff will face second-ranked Naomi Osaka in the second round.
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