Australia’s Ashleigh Barty returns a shot to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo during the Olympic Games in Tokyo
CINCINNATI: Top seed Ashleigh Barty is working to get accustomed to hot, humid summer conditions at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters after shaking off her Tokyo Olympic disappointment.
The world number one skipped last week’s US Open tuneup event in Montreal but is back and eager to get stuck into the final big event prior to the start of the Grand Slam in a fortnight.
“I’m looking forward to now changing back to hard courts and trying to find some rhythm and some groove,” she said on Monday.
“It feels like a long time since I’ve played on hard courts. Miami (March) was my last hard court tournament, and the conditions there are vastly different to here.
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