Top-ranked Ash Barty won her 5th rubric of the season, taking 8 of the past 9 games from chaotic paper Jil Teichmann for a 6-3, 6-1 triumph successful the Western & Southern Open last connected Sunday.
Barty, who won her archetypal Wimbledon title successful July earlier getting upset successful the archetypal circular astatine the Tokyo Olympics, present has plentifulness of momentum heading into the U.S. Open, which starts August 30 successful New York.
Teichmann had a astonishing tally to the final, upsetting second-ranked Naomi Osaka, Olympic golden medalist Belinda Bencic and fourth-ranked Karolina Pliskova.
"This is wherever you belong," Barty said to Teichmann during the post-match ceremony. "You played exceptional tennis this week."
Barty, of Australia, broke Teichmann's service to instrumentality a 5-3 pb successful the archetypal set, past won the adjacent six games.
In the 2nd set, the Swiss subordinate received aesculapian attraction connected her heavy taped close ft during a changeover.
Men's Olympic golden medalist Alexander Zverev was facing Andrey Rubliv successful the men's last aboriginal Sunday.
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