Australian Ashleigh Barty wins French Open final for first Grand Slam title Globe_Sports
Australia's Ashleigh Barty plays a shot against Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic during the women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 8, 2019.Ashleigh Barty decided to take a break from tennis in 2014 to play cricket. After almost two years away, the Australian returned to the tour, and that career choice paid off in a big way Saturday with her first Grand Slam title.
She raced to a 4-0 lead and, showing that she learned her lesson after blowing a 5-0 edge in the opening set of her quarterfinal, held on. Neither Barty, 23, nor Vondrousova had ever played in a Grand Slam final before. Neither had even been in a major semifinal until this week, either. Barty hadn’t even been past the fourth round in her first 17 Slam appearances before getting to the quarterfinals in front of a supportive home crowd at the Australian Open in January.
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