Australia's Ash Barty is one match away from winning the Wimbledon trophy, achieving her childhood dream. Here's how to watch her attempt.
Australia's Ash Barty is one match away from winning the Wimbledon trophy, achieving her childhood dream and breaking a 40-year drought for Australian women's tennis.
The world number 1 goes head to head with Czech player Karolína Plíšková at the women's final late Saturday night.Barty is set to take on Plíšková on the centre court at Wimbledon 2:00pm local time, which means 11:00pm Saturday in the eastern states of Australia, 10:30pm in the central time zone and 9:00pm in the west.
You can also keep up with every point on the ABC's live blog, which will be kicking off ahead of the match.Barty is 1st seed in the tournament and the number 1 ranked player in the world, so the odds are in her favour.Both Barty and Plíšková are both coming to the final in strong form, each having only dropped one set so far in the tournament.After seeing off Angelique Kerber in the semifinal stage, Barty revealed she's now just one match away from a long-held goal.
She's the first Australian woman to reach a Wimbledon final since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, and hopes to follow in the Australian great's footsteps by prevailing on the court.Posted
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