Ashleigh Barty of Australia, returns to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)MIAMI ā Ash Barty is tough to beat under any circumstances, especially when sheās on the ropes.
The worldās top-ranked player has reached the Miami Open quarterfinals, getting there by holding off 14th-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-1, 1-6, 6-2.
This, too, was cool: The match lived up to its showdown potential, with the reigning Miami Open champion and current world No.
1 in Barty facing someone who has won the Miami title three times and a previous world No.
Svitolina will play unseeded Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia in the quarters; Sevastova was a 6-1, 7-5 winner over wild-card Ana Konjuh of Croatia.