Australia’s Ashleigh Barty has captured her first WTA title on home soil with an emphatic straight-sets victory in the Adelaide International final.
The world No.1 has downed world No.24 Ukranian Dayana Yastremska 6-2 7-5 in Saturday’s final at Memorial Drive.
Barty had lost her two previous WTA finals in Australia – at the Sydney International last year and 2018 – but produced a powerhouse performance to claim the inaugural Adelaide tournament, and eighth WTA title in her career.