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With two WTA 500s in Melbourne and Stuttgart, a WTA 1000 in Miami and her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, Ashleigh Barty is having a phenomenal season—and part of the reason she’s been so successful at the calendar's biggest events this year is that she’s been almost unbeatable against her fellow top players.

With her 6-0, 6-2 third-round win over No. 13-ranked Victoria Azarenka in Cincinnati on Thursday, Barty improved to 13-1 against fellow Top 20 players this year.

BARTY VS TOP 20 PLAYERS IN 2021
d. No. 15 Muguruza in Melbourne-1 F (7-6 (3), 6-4)
d. No. 15 Azarenka in Miami 4th Rd (6-1, 1-6, 6-2)
d. No. 8 Sabalenka in Miami QFs (6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3)
d. No. 5 Svitolina in Miami SFs (6-3, 6-3)
d. No. 9 Andreescu in Miami F (6-3, 4-0 ret.)
d. No. 9 Pliskova in Stuttgart QFs (2-6, 6-1, 7-5)
d. No. 5 Svitolina in Stuttgart SFs (4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2)
d. No. 7 Sabalenka in Stuttgart F (3-6, 6-0, 6-3)
d. No. 17 Swiatek in Madrid 3rd Rd (7-5, 6-4)
d. No. 12 Kvitova in Madrid QFs (6-1, 3-6, 6-3)
l. to No. 7 Sabalenka in Madrid F (6-0, 3-6, 6-4)
d. No. 17 Krejcikova in Wimbledon 4th Rd (7-5, 6-3)
d. No. 13 Pliskova in Wimbledon F (6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3)
d. No. 13 Azarenka in Cincinnati 3rd Rd (6-0, 6-2)

Barty’s impressive results against Top 20 players actually dates back even further than this year—she’s 20-3 against them since midway through the 2019 WTA Finals.

The Aussie will face No. 10-ranked Barbora Krejcikova in Friday’s quarterfinals.

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Ash Barty has history in Cincinnati.
Will she create new milestones in 2021? 🏆@ashbarty | #CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/I0fS6mlI1j
— TENNIS (@Tennis) August 17, 2021

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