MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top seed Ash Barty recovered from an early wobble to defeat Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-4 in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday, while Alex De Minaur fell to Fabio Fognini in a mixded day for the host country.
Barty, looking to become the first homegrown Australian Open singles champion since 1978, showed no signs of being hampered by her strapped left thigh although she admitted that playing in an empty stadium due to Melbourne's five-day lockdown felt strange.
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