World No.1 Ashleigh Barty will head to the US Open in peak form after ending Swiss wildcard Jil Teichmann’s brave run with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat to claim the Western and Southern Open title here on Sunday.

Wimbledon champion Barty will now bid for her third Grand Slam crown and the first on hard court in New York, after humbling Angelique Kerber, Victoria Azarenka and Barbora Krejcikova.

Alexander Zverev will take an 11-match winning streak into the US Open, after adding the Western & Southern Open title to his Olympic gold medal on Sunday. The German world No.4 defeated Russian Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-3.