- ‘This is her time,’ tennis legend says of ‘little sister’ Barty
- Video shows moment family erupted with joy in living room
Tennis legend and Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong Cawley has paid a heartfelt tribute to “little sister” Ash Barty, saying she just sensed it was “her time” to win Wimbledon during Naidoc week.
Barty’s nerve-wracking 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 final victory over Czech Karolina Pliskova overnight came 10 years after she won the Wimbledon girls’ singles title at age 15 and exactly 50 years after Goolagong Cawley hoisted the Venus Rosewater Dish for the first time.
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Among countless @AshBarty supporters there are none more special than these ones.
See how the world’s No.1s family watched and celebrated her Wimbledon-winning moment #Wimbledon #GoAussies #GoAsh pic.twitter.com/hGiH85spqy