Ash Barty fought back from a second set struggle to beat Danielle Collins 6-3 7-6 in the AusOpen final
On Goolagong, she added: “We’re connected through our heritage and she’s paved a path for so many indigenous youth coming up, both in her career and also in her work off the court.”
Having shrugged off the pressure to breeze through to the final, Barty had to use all her competitive instincts to overcome 30th-ranked American Collins, who brought the best out of her opponent in a terrific second set. A wild double fault from Collins on break point in the next game gave Barty the advantage, and the top seed was untroubled through the rest of the first set.
Collins chose that moment to unleash one of her trademark yells of ‘Come on’ towards her team, and there was another when she saved two break points in the next game.The 28-year-old was into top gear now and producing the first-strike tennis that carried her to a swift semi-final victory over Iga Swiatek, who said afterwards that Collins’ ball was the fastest she had faced.
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