Ashleigh Barty flaunts cricket skills before WTA Finals victory

Ahe of WTA Finals decider, Ash Barty was preparing for her WTA finals by playing some cricket and it worked as Australia's Ash Barty defeated Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-3 in WTA Finals in Shenzhen.

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Here is a tweet from WTA:

Barty arrived for her final showdown in Shenzhen against Svitolina having been beaten by her in all five of ir previous meetings. But in time since Svitolina last defeated her in March, Barty h won French Open and reached 1. She showed vehemently just how far she h come by outplaying Svitolina to win WTA Finals and its $4.42m (£3.42m) cheque which is biggest prize money in tennis history.

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This prompted international woman cricketer Alexandra Hartley into a bit of a rethink as she tweeted:

Serena Williams was last World 1 who won WTA Finals five years ago and w Barty has achieved same feat. This victory marks a stunning season, where  23-year-old also landed her maiden grand slam crown in Paris and became first Australian since Lleyton Hewitt in 2002 to secure year-end top ranking. or Australian woman has been able to achieve milestone since rankings were introduced in 1975.

Barty's income for a professional tennis play, man or woman, took her 2019 prize money haul to $16.37 million, trebling her entire career earnings to $23.87 million. She is bound for Perth on Monday hoping to le Australia to a first Fed Cup title since 1974 in next weekend's final against France.

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