On January 8, Beijing time, the semi-final of the WTA500 Adelaide station was contested, and the world's first Barty met with the defending champion Sviatek. After two sets of fierce fighting, Barty was in a better form, and she swept the No. 5 seed out 2-0, reaching the final in both singles and doubles in this tournament.
Both sides managed to save their own serves in the first four sets, and in the fifth set, Barty took the lead in the opponent's serve to complete the break, and then she saved her serve to take a 4-2 lead. In the 7th inning, Barty broke Sviatek's serve again, and in the 8th set, Barty love game saved the game, and won the first set easily 6-2.
In the first two sets of the second set, both sides saved their own serves, and in the third set, Barty took the lead to complete the break, and then she saved her serve to take a 3-1 lead. In the 9th set, Sviatek saved at the end of the game, and in the 10th set, Barty easily saved the serve to win the game, winning the second set 6-4.
In a match that lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes, the top seed Barty defeated Sviatek 6-2, 6-4, ending the latter's defending trip. Barty reached the Adelaide final again in two years, the 20th time in her career in a singles tournament on the Tour, and then Barty will compete with Rebakina for the title of tournament.