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LIVE SCORES | |||
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| Fed Cup Final, Rubber 3, reverse singles | |||
| Venue: RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia | |||
| S1 | S2 | S3 | |
| Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | 2 | 6
| 7 |
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| Match duration: 2 hour, 32 minutes | |||
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France look to hold the upper hand after three rubbers in the Fed Cup Final, after Kristina Mladenovic upset world No.1 Ash Barty in a thrilling match.
Final score
Ash Barty 6 4 6
Kristina Mladenovic 2 6 7
It’s crunch time in the Fed Cup Final as the second day of play gets going. In what will be a crucial rubber between the two dominating Day 1 players, world No.1 Ashleigh Barty will take on Kristina Mladenovic with the winner taking all the pressure off their team in the fourth match. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 2pm (AEDT).
While yesterday saw a pair of one-sided beatdowns in favour of Barty over Caroline Garcia and Mladenovic over Ajla Tomljanovic, this match promises to be a lot more hotly contested.
The two number one players for their respective nations will clash hoping to take the pressure off the beaten players from yesterday in that fourth rubber.
Barty’s year has been phenomenal. A French Open title, the WTA Finals champion and end of season world No.1, she is the best in the world and looked every bit of that yesterday as she handed Garcia a 6-0, 6-0 drubbing.
Garcia barely got into points against Barty, who used her all court game, great court movement and mix up of shots to keep the Frenchwoman behind in the match at all times.
It also means Barty will be more or less fresh for today, where she has to play the second singles match and doubles later this afternoon, should the tie get to that.
Mladenovic, who sits around 40 in the world, is in the same boat as Barty today, needing to play two possible matches today, but had a big win over Tomljanovic yesterday.
She hit the ball crisply, picked her spots nicely and eventually walked away with a 6-1, 6-1 victory.
This one could well come down to who serves more effectively. Neither have the biggest games on the WTA Tour, but are incredibly hard to answer when they get it right consistently, so that will be the battle today.
Prediction
Barty’s form has been something pretty special recently. She is the top player in the world and still yet to lose a Fed Cup match this year. On home soil, she should get job done again in a thriller.
Barty in straight sets.
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Start time: 2pm (AEDT)
Venue: RAC Arena, Perth
TV: Live, Channel 9
Online: Live, 9Now
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