"She's made me work for every point" says Barty after win over Kerber

The Aussie player was able to overcome a slow start to the 2nd set to keep things short and sweet in straight sets and move on to the Western & Southern Open final. Bary has not dropped set this week and is looking extremely good in handling the tricky conditions.

After the match she said:

“She's made me work for every single point. every single match that we have played. I didn't feel like I did a lot wrong. In the games at 2-0 and 2-1, I felt the overhead, the ball just kept coming and kept coming with the wind and I got a little bit stuck under it. Angie came up with some really good stuff and tough points through that period."

However, Barty would be able to come back and tie it up before taking the lead and closing out the match. On that turnaround she said:

"Being able to get that momentum back with the break straight away, then it was a bit of a tug of war. I felt like I was able to build pressure on Angie's games, but we both did a good job of getting out of some tough holds late in that second set."

For Barty, the key was staying aggressive which is something that brought her success all week long. It will very important to do the same thing tomorrow against Teichmann who will play without pressure.