The Barty Party

[shawny]

Barty would have chopped any opponent, and Serena is not the player she was.

Exactly. Serena in her prime would be a very interesting match up with Barty at the moment.
Bartys a tricky player and no current player has been able to be consistent enough to get over her change of pace, varying spins and in particular her heavy slice. Barty is a generational defensive player that frustrates the majority of her opponents to the point they lose belief they have enough consistent weapons to get past her.
Playing offensively against a crafty defensive and most of all consistent player is very hard and even harder on the big stage. You need to have strong belief in your ability. Any doubts and you’re gone.
Serena and Graf before her are players that had the tools to beat Barty but of the current crop there is not that sort of offensive quality and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Barty win multiple slams if she can maintain her current gameplan.