The top-seeded Australian won 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Barty, 25, skipped the defence of her title in 2020 due to the pandemic but this year has won trophies at the Yarra Valley Classic, Miami and on clay in Stuttgart in the run-up to the Roland Garros.
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