Ashleigh Barty becomes the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title in 41 years with her victory against Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova in the final.
LONDON — World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title in 41 years on Saturday when she defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7 6-3 in the final.at Roland Garros in 2019, emulated her idol Evonne Goolagong, who claimed the second of her All England Club titles in 1980.
Ten years after winning the girls' singles title at Wimbledon as a 15-year-old, Barty came into Saturday's final having won five of the seven matches she had played against Pliskova.Pliskova appeared all at sea against the Australian's sharply dropping slices and precision hitting but managed a way to claw back into the contest by getting two service breaks back. But a third break of serve gave Barty the opening set.
With Barty serving for the match Pliskova, who suffered a break from 40-0 up, broke back immediately to force a tie-break and then rode her confidence to level the match at 1-1.
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