Ash Barty becomes Wimbledon 2021 Champion, first Aussie Women to win Grand Slam

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Ash Barty becomes Wimbledon 2021 Champion, first Aussie Women to win Grand Slam

Ash Barty Wimbledon Champion: The Australian beat Karolína Plíšková (WTA-13) in three sets (6-3, 6-7 and 6-3). Barty has been at the top of the WTA rankings for two years, but has so far only won one Grand Slam in 2019 at Roland Garros.

Unseen, that initial phase of the final. Barty may have started as a favourite, but she hadn’t dared to suspect that the red carpet would be rolled out so widely. In one and a half breaths, she led 3-0 against Pliskova, who trotted around Center Court, groaning under nerves. Barty even wrote the first 13 points to her name. Again: du jamais vu at this level.

Only in the fourth game could the 29-year-old Czech break the spell. The Wimbledon crowd greeted the scoop with relief. After barely twenty minutes, Barty was allowed to serve for the set win, but Pliskova straightened up for a while. She went through the Australian’s serve and even let hope flare for a while at 5-3, but Barty finished it anyway.

Ash Barty Wimbledon Champion

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The difference between the number 1 and the number 13 in the world couldn’t be that big, could it? And indeed. The difference wasn’t that big. Initially, set 2 gave a similar picture. Barty raced to 3-1, in complete control of the event, but Pliskova had gradually shaken off all the stress and got better and better in the match. The Czech won the next three games, taking a 3-4 lead.

Immersive: Aussie on the top 

What was half an hour of one-way tennis turned into a compelling duel: 5-5. That Pliskova’s dreaded storage finally contained sparks and fire explained much of that curious remontada. Barty was allowed to serve for set, match and tournament at 6-5, but could not finish it. And in the tiebreak, the slender Eastern European, aided by a few lucky shots, grabbed the lifeline: 6-7 and one set each.

Half an hour earlier – a set and 3-1 in the chalk – even close friends would not have given a cent more for Pliskova, but in the end a decider had to choose the champion. A clumsy volley from Pliskova set Barty on his way to the first break of that third set: 3-0 and 4-1. Could Pliskova rise from the dead again? That didn’t work anymore. Barty finished it in 6-3.

This is how Ash Barty makes her childhood dream come true. More importantly, after Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong Cawley, she is the third Australian woman on the honors list of the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament. For Barty, after Roland-Garros 2019, it is also the second grand slam title.


       

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