New Wimbledon champion is ready to spend eight months away from Australia as she looks to make history in Tokyo
When Ash Barty sat down with her team just after the Australian Open to work out her plans for the coming months, two things sat at the top of her priority list; Wimbledon and the Olympics. One down, one to go.
Barty’s win over Karolina Pliskova on Saturday gave her a second grand slam victory and made her the first Australian woman to win the title here since Evonne Goolagong in 1980. The 25-year-old joins a long list of Australian winners, many of whom – including Rod Laver, John Newcombe and Goolagong herself – were quick to congratulate the newest member of the club.
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