It was a typically modest performance by Australia’s humble world-beater and great sporting champion.
Australia got the result it cheered for on Saturday night when Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian to win her home grand slam in 44 years.
Having added the Australian Open to her French Open and Wimbledon crowns, the reigning world No. 1 has joined tennis’s super elite of current players – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams – in winning grand slams on all three court surfaces.Scott McNaughton After her straight-sets victory, which was watched by a record-breaking television audience, Barty preferred to talk about the thrill of completing this great achievement before an adoring in-person crowd after last year’s spectator-less tournament.
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