All you need Ashleigh Barty to shine before the world is a disaster and the power of his body and mind. He’s not a person who presumes to appear on magazine covers or elevate his voice, but prefers that his prominence be through the tennis courts, and at least at the beginning of the year he achieves this literally by playing at home, during the Australian Open 2022.
In their most recent encounter, Barty drove past American Jessica Pegula for a spot in the semifinals of the Grand Slam Australian. He has won eight matches without conceding a single set, including since the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 in Adelaide a few days ago. Her potential is so great that competitors can no longer find words to describe her.
“I do not feel so bad. What Ash did today was too good. Unfortunately I was one of his victims today, I could not do much. I felt useless, against her you feel that you can not get a lot of free points, there is not much you can do, “said Pegula at the end of the quarterfinals (6-2 and 6-0).
The pace he leads makes him dream of an achievement that has been off for years. Barty fight to be the first Australian to win the Grand Slam of his country since 1978, when the then world number 111 Chris O’Neil defeated Betsy Nagelsen; Ashleigh is just two wins away from achieving that and her next opponent does not look too difficult on paper: Madison Keys, current number 51 on the WTA rankings.
Barty’s potential has found words beyond words: since October 18, he has been part of the group of eight tennis players in all of history who have been able to maintain the number 1 rankings for 100 weeks or longer, and is also part of an even more select conglomerate , where are the players who have been able to stay at the top for three years, no less than with Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams.
Until now, Barty he has only lost eight matches in the first three matches of the Australian Open and has conceded 58 in a row without his knockdown being snatched up; has not lost it since January 5, during the eighth of the Adelaide WTA 250, for Coco Gauff. These records lead her back to the grand finale.
Barty He is 25 years old and has won 26 titles in his career at senior level, although there were only two Grand Slams: Roland Garros 2019 and Wimbledon 2021. In Australia, her biggest achievement was the 2020 semi-finals, but now she’s on the eve of becoming the 10th winner for her country playing the major in her area.
If she manages to make it to the final, it will be her first time with an Australian since Wendy Turnbull in 1980. She has already left behind Pegula, Amanda Anisimova, Camila Giorgi, Lucia Bronzetti and Lesia Tsurenko, while eight of the 10 The best pits have already said goodbye and the chances increase: Aryna Sabalenka (number 2), Garbiñe Muguruza (3), Barbora Krejcikova (4), Maria Sakkari (5), Anett Kontaveit (6), Paula Badosa ( 8), Ons Jabeur (9) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (10).
One of the inspirations Barty when he plays at home, he comes from his native roots, as his father is originally from the ngarigo community. According to The Australian newspaper The Age, this has led to thousands of children from indigenous communities in Australia choosing to start playing tennis instead of football or rugby; also more than one and a half million Australians have played tennis in the past year and children’s licenses have increased by 30%, says said medium.
“I’m just trying to be myself, and if I’m able to let these kids enjoy and draw attention to our sport, it’s exciting for me,” the 1.66-meter-long tennis player said, referring to the numbers of those. babies.
A level castle, Barty it meets brands such as Jaguar, Kayo Sports, Vegetime, Rado, Banana Boat, Esmi, Gillette, Uber Eats, Yopro and Australia Tourism, while its clothing is supplied by Fila and for rockets it meets Rado.
Australia has already found Barty as one of his national figures, but now Ashleigh wants to give back those decorations by reaching the final of her country’s Grand Slam and breaking a 42-year streak without an Australian and 44 years without a title. She’s number 1 in the world, so it’s just up to her to achieve that.
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