LONDON, July 4, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty raced into the third round of the Wimbledon Championships easily on Thursday. However, a couple of hours later, defending champion and fifth seed Angelique Kerber […]
TA Press Release, June 26, 2019 Australia’s Fed Cup heroine and recent Roland Garros champion Ashleigh Barty has become the first-ever Australian player to be honoured with the ITF’s Fed Cup Heart Award. Initiated by the ITF in 2009, the Fed Cup Heart Award recognises […]
BIRMINGHAM, June 23, 2019 (Press Release) Ashleigh Barty will be playing to secure the World No.1 ranking and seal her place in tennis history when she takes on Julia Goerges in Sunday’s final of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham. […]
BIRMINGHAM, June 22, 2019 (Press Release) The unstoppable form that saw Ashleigh Barty win her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros less than two weeks ago is showing no sign of stopping on the grass courts of the Nature […]
PARIS, June 9, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Ashleigh Barty went from being a tennis prodigy who briefly traded her racquet for a cricket bat to becoming a skilled tennis professional with a solid all-court game. Only 23 years-old, the native […]
PARIS, June 8, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The Paris skies above Roland Garros were ominous, mostly cloudy and grey for Championship Saturday. Less than an hour before the scheduled 3 p.m. start of the French Open women’s singles final, they […]
PARIS, June 7, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) On a cold, damp and windy Friday afternoon at Roland Garros, they played on. In a match in which it seemed possessing the lead might have seemed dangerous, the semifinal that pitted No. […]
PARIS, June 3, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Madison Keys has defined consistency in Grand Slams – even if it doesn’t feel routine to her. Still, she’s reached the quarterfinals in six of her last eight majors. On Monday, in a light […]
BRISBANE, April 20, 2019 The scores are level at one-all after the first day of play in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinaltie in Brisbane, with record crowds flocking to Pat Rafter Arena to cheer on the Aussie […]
TA Press Release, April 1, 2019 Australia’s Ashleigh Barty (Qld) has broken into the top 10 for the first time, hitting a career-high ranking of world No.9 following her impressive title win in Miami. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) official rankings were […]
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