Jan 29, 2022 – 15:54 (IST)
First person to get a hug from Barty was her first pro doubles partner Casey Dellacqua
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:53 (IST)
THE ROAR!
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:51 (IST)
ASH BARTY ‘YOU ROCK! Well done!’
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:47 (IST)
ASHLEIGH BARTY IS THE CHAMPION!
Ashleigh Barty ends Australia’s 44-year wait for a women’s champion on home soil. She beats Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 coming from 1-5 down in the second set. And she wins the title without dropping a set!
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:43 (IST)
Tiebreak
Collins sends her forehand wide and it brings up FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS! Barty finds the deep end of the court with a forehand winner and she wins it!
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:41 (IST)
Tiebreak
Barty with a drop shot and a couple of shots later, she closes the point out with a smash. The crowd goes MENTAL! Collins gets into the tiebreak with Barty mishit on the return. 4-1 to Barty. Collins goes for the backhand cross on the Barty serve but sends it into the net. 5-1 to Barty. Deafening noise inside the Rod Laver Arena!
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:39 (IST)
TIEBREAK!
Barty with a mini-break to start with and follows it ip with a point on serve as Collins looks to attack but overcooks it. Big serve and then Barty goes cross for a forehand winner. Huge shot once again! A 144kmph winner that. Crowd making plenty of noise.
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:36 (IST)
Barty 6-3, 6-6 Collins (*denotes next server)
Barty serving to force a tiebreak. Collins keeps the onslaught going and thrashes a second serve to bring the game to 15-30. Barty’s big serve gets her out of the cage, for now. And again. This time she goes down the T and the return is into the net. Now out wide and another unreturnable serve. TIEBREAK!
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:33 (IST)
Barty* 6-3, 5-6 Collins (*denotes next server)
After seeing her double break lead vanish, Collins ends the rut with a hold. Just the one point dropped in the game and she’s kept her concentration intact.
Jan 29, 2022 – 15:29 (IST)
Barty 6-3, 5-5 *Collins (*denotes next server)
Barty’s forehand in the last game was 10kmph bigger than it had been in the rest of the match. She uses that weapon to go cross, brings the game to 40-15 and has a chance to hold. Collins with a thundering return into the feet of Barty and the short ball is thrashed to make it 40-30. A 175kmph ace out wide gets the hold!