The versatile Australian has won grand slams on three different surfaces but says she is still learning and refining her craft
And then there were five. More to the point, there are only five. To win a major on all three surfaces is a rarity. So rare, in fact, that the only current players to have achieved it before Saturday night’s Australian Open women’s singles final were Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Now Ash Barty joins them, and that is where the list ends. Four all-time greats of the game holding 83 grand slam crowns between them, and one who has three on which to build.