Melbourne: World no.1 Ash Barty of Australia defeated American Shelby Rogers in deciding super-tiebreaker 7-5, 2-6, 10-4 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Yarra Valley Classic as tennis resumed in Melbourne following a one-day shutdown on Thursday.
"It was a tricky one when the roof shuts here the conditions become quite sterile. For me, it's hard to feel like I can create a lot. I thought I did well to hang in there at times and then Shelby was able to hit me off the court during other times. It was an important start to that third set tiebreak. It's a bit of an unusual scoring system for us. But I'm happy to get through and get another opportunity tomorrow," Barty said.
All Australian Open warm-up events in Melbourne were suspended on Thursday as more than 500 players and officials were tested for COVID-19 after a worker at one of the quarantine hotels in Melbourne contracted the novel coronavirus.
