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The top women’s player has long felt a deep connection with fellow Indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley, who won her first Wimbledon singles title in 1971.WIMBLEDON, England — Long before Ashleigh Barty became a Wimbledon champion, Evonne Goolagong Cawley believed Barty could be a Wimbledon champion. More
The world No. 1 and tournament favorite fended off Karolina Pliskova in three sets to win her first Wimbledon championship.Ashleigh Barty won her first Wimbledon singles title Saturday, beating Karolina Pliskova, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3.Barty is the No. 1-ranked player in the world and was the top seed at Wimbledon but she was hardly considered a runaway favorite at Wimbledon, a tournament she has never won. Just last month, Barty had to retire in the middle of her second round match at the French Open with an injury to her left hip.She did not play a warm-up event on grass ahead of Wimbledon but reeled off six straight wins at the All England Club without dropping a set on her way to the final. Barty is the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won the title in 1980.Barty idolizes Goolagong Cawley and paid tribute to her throughout this year’s tournament by wearing a version of Goolagong Cawley’s scallop-hemmed dress.Barty chose not to play in 2020 when tennis resumed in August, remaining instead in Australia. She returned to the sport in January for a tuneup event ahead of the Australian Open but lost in the quarterfinal of the her country’s championship.Since then, she has had a standout year, even with her injury in France, and especially considering that because of Australia’s strict quarantine requirements, she has not been home since March. Barty will not head home until at least after the United States Open in September.In beating Pliskova, Barty knocked off a two-time Grand Slam finalist whose own success at Wimbledon was perhaps even more surprising than Barty’s. Pliskova, who was seeded eighth, had lost three of her last four matches ahead of Wimbledon and suffered a humiliating 6-0, 6-0 loss to Iga Swiatek of Poland at the Italian Open in May. More
In London, Novak Djokovic’s attempt at a 20th Grand Slam title on Sunday is but an opening act for the European Championship match starring England and Italy.WIMBLEDON, England — Elizabeth Wright, a lawyer from Stratford-upon-Avon, was enjoying her fourth day at Wimbledon on Friday as she watched the first men’s semifinal on a large screen. A strawberry floated in her glass of prosecco. More
Djokovic, the world’s top player, has a chance to reach 20 Grand Slam titles to tie Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. His Italian opponent has the opportunity to play spoiler.WIMBLEDON, England — Denis Shapovalov was serving for the first set in the semifinals of Wimbledon on Friday, and Novak Djokovic was sliding to his right, bent forward with his left hand on the Centre Court dirt. More
Barty, the women’s world No. 1, is aiming for her first Wimbledon singles title and will take on a former No. 1 who is chasing her first Grand Slam title.WIMBLEDON, England — Centre Court is back to full capacity as England gradually relaxes its pandemic restrictions. The fans merrily quaffing Pimm’s in their expensive seats certainly got two very different matches for their money on Thursday. More
As a teenager, he and his coach emphasized playing an aggressive style with big serves. Berrettini, in the semifinals with that same coach, is confident he can win the tournament.WIMBLEDON, England — Matteo Berrettini has surged into the spotlight this summer.A 24-3 run that started with a title in Belgrade, Serbia, has carried through to the Wimbledon semifinals, where the seventh-seeded Berrettini will face 14th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland on Friday for a spot in the men’s singles final. More
The young Canadian, who plays Novak Djokovic in their men’s singles semifinal on Friday, is expected to give the world No. 1 his toughest test yet on the grass.WIMBLEDON, England — As she coached him in Toronto as a child, Tessa Shapovalova told her young son not to mind the balls arcing over his head when he went to the net. Someday, she said, he would be tall enough to reach them. More
The tournament’s eight-time champion was overpowered in his quarterfinal match on Centre Court, losing in straight sets to the 14th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.WIMBLEDON, England — If this was the end for Roger Federer at Wimbledon, it seemed far from fitting. More
