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July 13, 2021
LONDON: Newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Ash Barty has set her sights on Olympic glory after the Australian claimed her second Grand Slam title at the All England Club over the weekend. The world number one defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 in Saturday’s final to emulate her idol and Australian great Evonne Goolagong, who triumphed at the grasscourt major in 1971. Barty, 25, heads into the July 23-Aug. 8 Tokyo Games aiming to join Steffi Graf (1988) and Venus (2000) and Serena (2012) Williams as the only women in the Open era to win Wimbledon and Olympic singles gold in the same year. “Being able to represent Australia at the Olympics is going to be an awesome experience and it’s important over this next period to celebrate the fact we’ve achieved something really special at Wimbledon,” Barty told Australian media. “I have a lot of other goals, dreams that are in my mind and within my team and we’ll certainly reset in the next couple
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Newly-crowned
Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty says if she could be “half the
person” her fellow indigenous Australian and two-time Wimbledon victor
Evonne Goolagong Cawley is she would be “very happy.”
Barty overcame a few wobbles – including being broken when
serving for the match in the second set to beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7
(4/7), 6-3 and spark a feeling she said she had never experienced on a tennis
court before.
The 25-year-old’s victory is extra special to her as it came
Barty Says Stars Aligned To Win Wimbledon On Icon Cawley s 50th Anniversary By Pirate IRWIN
07/10/21 AT 8:14 PM
Newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty says if she could be half the person her fellow indigenous Australian and two-time Wimbledon victor Evonne Goolagong Cawley is she would be very happy.
Barty overcame a few wobbles including being broken when serving for the match in the second set to beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 and spark a feeling she said she had never experienced on a tennis court before.
The 25-year-old s victory is extra special to her as it came on the 50th anniversary of her friend and mentor Cawley s first win at the All England Club.