Tag: Ashleigh Barty

Australia has a bona fide number one contender for the Wimbledon crown in Ash Barty. It's time for a nation to get behind this genuine champ.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: That Ashleigh Barty has maintained her integrity and stayed true to who she is throughout her rise is remarkable. No matter what more success Barty enjoys, she is certain to be a player who people will look back on and say: her character was as magnificent as ...

Ashleigh Barty, the baby-faced dispatcher from Ipswich, looks destined for greatness after wins over two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and now former world number one Karolina Pliskova, writes our resident tennis tragic, PAUL O'HANLON.

Ashleigh Barty has become the first Australian woman in 10 years to make the quarterfinals at the Melbourne-hosted Grand Slam, and a Big Bash stint helped her get there.

With the clay court season set to hit full swing at the imminent Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco, we take an early peek at the French Open contenders for the 2018 men's and women's singles titles. Could an Aussie cause an upset?