Barty and Victoria Azarenka reach final with 6-0, 6-1 win
Australian will regain No 1 singles ranking next weekAshleigh Barty will mark her return to the top of the world singles rankings with a second straight appearance in the
US Open women’s doubles final. Seeking back-to-back doubles titles in
New York, Barty and dual
Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka stormed into the championship decider with a 6-0, 6-1 semi-final thrashing of Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Viktória Kužmová on Thursday.
Champion last year with Coco Vandweghe, Barty and Azarenka will meet either Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka or Vania King and Caroline Dolehide in Sunday’s final. It will be Barty’s third doubles final at Flushing Meadows, after she lost the 2013 showpiece with fellow Australian Casey Dellacqua.