Ashleigh Barty and Madison Keys will meet in the semi -final of Australian Open 2021. Ashleigh Barty is currently the world's No. 1 player and the No. 1 seed of the tournament. Meanwhile, Madison Keys is currently ranked 51 in the world and is not arranged in this tournament.
The two players met 3 times in the past and Barty won 2 matches. In particular, 1 match took place in the indoor hard field (Barty winning), 2 matches in the ground. No match has taken place in the hard yard outdoors. The last time we met, the Australian tennis player won 6-3 7-5 at Paris Master 2019.
Both career, Barty has 2 Grand Slam and 14 big titles, while Keys has only 6 titles. Currently, Keys is not the best form.
Ashleigh Barty in the semi-finals is very easy after winning Lesya Tsurenko (6-0 6-1), Lucia Bronzetti (6-1 6-1), Camila Giorgi (6-2 6-3), Amanda Anisimova (6-4 6-3) and Jessica Pegula (6-2 6-0). Barring 5 matches but Barty only takes 5 hours of competition and has not lost any set.
Madison Keys won Sofia Kenin (7-6 7-5), Jaqueline Cristian (6-2 7-5), Qiang Wang (4-6 6-3 7-6), Paula Badosa Gibert (6-3 6-1) and Barbora Krejcikova (6-3 6-2). She only dropped 1 set in the tournament, but it took more than 7 hours to go to this round.
Keys had to play 110 games in Australia Open, while the opponent only had 77. It was obvious that Keys was more energetic.
With higher level and performance, Barty is expected to have an easy victory.
Predict Ashleigh Barty vs Madison Keys: 2-0
Information Ashleigh Barty vs Madison Keys
Time: 15:30 on January 27
Tournament: Australian Open
Semi -finals
Location: Melbourne, Australia
The yard: hard
