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Ashleigh Barty opens 2022 with Adelaide title

Two years after lifting the champion’s trophy at the Adelaide International, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty repeated the feat with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.

Ashleigh Barty of Australia with the champions trophy after the final of the 2022 Adelaide International WTA 500 tennis tournament

Contesting her 20th singles final, the 25-year-old Barty made a crucial hold of serve from 15-40 down to level at 3-3 in the first set. From then on, the top seed won seven straight games and triumphed in 64 minutes.

The lowest-ranked opponent Barty faced this week in Adelaide was No.