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Ashleigh Barty after winning her singles final match against Karolina Pliskova at Wimbledon. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA
Ashleigh Barty after winning her singles final match against Karolina Pliskova at Wimbledon. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA
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Daily Times
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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Of course, Ed and Melanie s comments were just made in jest, as squeaky-clean Kate has never once been accused of using cocaine or any other illicit drugs.
The Duchess appearance at Wimbledon was her first outing since she was forced into self-isolation after coming into contact with a Covid-infected person.
Just joking! That is Kate Middleton, and that s one of her cocaine platters, Kiwi comedian Melanie Bracewell joked, referring to Ash Barty s platter-shaped Venus Rosewater Dish trophy
Joined by her husband, Prince William, Kate watched in the grandstands as Barty, 25, triumphed over Czech Karolina Pliskova in the Wimbledon final on Saturday.
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In non-pandemic times, Barty would doubtless have spent much of last night celebrating at the nearby Aussie House – a house Tennis Australia rents each year, which hosts players, Australian legends of the game and stages promotional events. That possibility was ruled out by the Covid-19 regulations, but now she is out of the bubble, Barty will be able to socialise outside of her hotel, a rare dose of normality in the past 18 months.
Barty will also use the next few days to allow the enormity of what she has achieved to sink in but she’ll quickly be back on the road, headed for Tokyo and an opportunity to become the first Australian player to win a singles gold medal in tennis. Alicia Molik, who won the bronze in 2004, is the only woman to win a singles medal but if she’s not emotionally spent, Barty has a great chance.