“It’s an amazing opportunity for myself and my team. Like I said, we have worked so hard to put ourselves in these positions.'
Margaret Court was the last Australian woman to triumph in Paris in 1973 when she won her fifth and final title in the French capital after 1962, 1964, 1969 and 1970.
Barty, like her 19-year-old Czech opponent, is in her maiden Slam final having laid down a marker by making the quarter-finals of a major for the first time on home ground in Australia in January. Barty’s place in a Slam final is remarkable given that four years ago she quit tennis to play professional cricket.By reaching the final, she is already guaranteed to move to a career high of three, the highest for an Australian since Wendy Turnbull in 1985.
She led 5-0 and had set points before Anisimova roared back to take the opener and build a 3-0 lead in the second. She is the first teenager to reach a major final in 10 years since Caroline Wozniacki at the 2009 US Open and the first at Roland Garros in 12 years. “I think she is probably the most comfortable on the clay courts as opposed to any other surface,” added Barty.
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