Ashleigh Barty beat Karolina Pliskova And Won The First Wimbledon Crown
World No.1 Ashleigh Barty beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 in the women’s singles final to win her maiden Wimbledon title.
Ashleigh Barty won her first Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first crown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 on Saturday. The 25-year-old Australian, who wore a specially designed dress in honor of the iconic Cowley scallop that she sported in 1971, adds the Wimbledon crown to her 2019 French Open title. “I hope Evonne was proud of me,” Barty said. It was the first women’s Wimbledon final in three sets since 2012, when Serena Williams beat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska.
Barty had looked like cruising to victory after soaring into a 4-0 lead over her opponent — the Australian’s start so blistering that she won the first 14 points.
However, 29-year-old Pliskova steadied herself and also due to Barty faltering on several occasions especially serving for the match in the second set the Czech took it into a decider.
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However, Barty got the break early and with one or two wobbles she got herself over the line sinking to her knees, her hands over her face in disbelief.
She wiped a couple of tears away before climbing up to the player’s box, just like her compatriot Pat Cash did when he won the Wimbledon men’s title in 1987.
