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Barty, who won the tournament in 2020, was dominant from start
to finish, winning 76.3% of her first serve points.
The 25-year-old took a 3-2 lead after getting the first break of
the opening set and followed up with another break and a couple
of love holds to take the first set.
The Australian carried her winning momentum into the second set,
breaking early to take a 2-1 lead, and then successfully
defending a break point to hold serve at 4-2.
Despite her best efforts, Poland's fifth-seeded Swiatek could do
little to stem Barty's tide, eventually surrendering the match
in one hour 27 minutes.
"This is unreal honestly. It's so much fun playing out here
tonight and Iga is an exceptional champion, she made me play my
best tennis. There was not a lot in it," Barty said.
"Each match this tournament I feel like I've got progressively
better, hopefully there's a little more left in the tank for
tomorrow."
Earlier on Saturday, seventh seed Rybakina put in a solid
performance to beat Japan's Misaki Doi 6-4 6-3.
Rybakina went down a break in the second game of the first set,
but immediately broke back. She then sent down five aces to
claim the first set 6-4, before breaking Doi's serve twice in
the second to seal victory.
"It was tough. I started really slow, and my focus was up and
down. She played so well, I'm just happy to win. My serve really
helped me today," Rybakina said.
In the men's Adelaide ATP 250 event, French top seed Gael
Monfils will meet second-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov in
Sunday's title match.
Former world number six Monfils beat local hope Thanasi
Kokkinakis, who was on Friday handed a wildcard for the
Australian Open men's singles draw, 7-5 6-0 to reach his 33rd
Tour final.
Khachanov earlier defeated Croatia's third-seeded Marin Cilic
7-6(3) 6-3 to seal his spot in the showpiece clash.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru and Sudipto Ganguly in
Mumbai; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Ken Ferris)
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