Ashleigh Barty has passed the sternest test yet of her US Open title credentials to equal her best-ever run in New York and edge ever closer to a blockbuster quarter-final with Serena Williams.
Barty delivered a serving masterclass class to reach the last 16 for the second straight year with a clinical 7-5 6-3 victory over rising Greek Maria Sakkari on Friday.
The French Open champion fired down 10 aces and dropped serve only once while breaking Sakkari four times during the 87-minute work-out on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
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