Barty enters quarter-finals

Ashleigh Barty returns to Victoria Azarenka. Pic/Getty Images

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty powered into the quarter-finals of the WTA Cincinnati Masters on Thursday with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Victoria Azarenka.

The top seed from Australia, playing her first event since an opening-round Tokyo Olympic loss, needed 72 minutes to advance as she works to find hard-court form in her only US Open run-up event.

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