Ash Barty's US Open run is over after a disappointing straight-sets defeat against Qiang Wang, but now the Australian has set her sights on retaining her doubles title.
No time to dwell, Ashleigh Barty has set her sights on retaining the US Open doubles crown after crashing out of the singles with a fourth-round shocker at Flushing Meadows.Barty will now focus on defending her US Open doubles titleA philosophical Barty preferred to reflect on a watershed grand slam season, highlighted by her magical French Open triumph in June, than mope about after a 6-2 6-4 loss to Qiang Wang on Sunday.
"Obviously I would have loved to have kept going here in singles, but we've got an opportunity to do that in doubles.
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