Ashleigh Barty, new queen of Wimbledon. She is the first Australian since 1980 to win the most prestigious tournament on the planet and the 4th player to win the junior double-main draw at the All England Lawn tennis Club. The two players were playing their second final in a Grand Slam tournament. Barty won in Paris two years ago, Pliskova lost at the US Open in 2016 to Angelique Kerber. It is the Australian, mistress of her emotions, who started the best in the Temple of tennis. Sweet understatement. After 6 minutes of play, Pliskova, led 3-0, arms tense, still had not scored a single point. She even conceded 14, before signing her first point at 0-30 (0-3) on a backhand fault from Barty ... After winning her first game,to no longer be led "only" 4-1, the 13th in the world has finally displayed a slight smile.
At 2-5 against her, Pliskova even made a second breakthrough thanks to a very nice crossover forehand return. But it was Barty who logically won the first set in 28 minutes (6-3). More enterprising (12 winning points to 2), the winner of Roland-Garros 2019 was the boss on the court, never worried by Pliskova who once again conceded her service from the third game of the second act. Almost with his back to the wall, the former world number one took advantage of a guilty release from his opponent to kick white in the fifth game.
The Czech, clenched fists, finally releasing her blows to pass in front for the first time in the final (4-3). While she led 40-0 in the eleventh game and we were on the way to a decisive game, Pliskova missed a backhand volley, a priori, easy. The native of Ipswich then chained four consecutive points to get a new break. But at the time of concluding, Barty went completely through, "offering" the breakthrough to his opponent. And against all odds, well helped, it is true by a very feverish Barty, the seeded 8 pocketed the decisive game (7-4) to cause a last round.
But Barty quickly came to his senses. As in the eleventh game of the second act, Pliskova missed a ready-made volley to lose her serve once again. The Australian taking off 3-0. And this time she did not crack on her faceoff to get her second Major title. Crouching in tears in front of her clan, she climbed the platform to throw herself into the arms of her relatives. In the process, it consolidates its rank of world number one. The Australian has experienced an almost white 2020 season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. She returned to the circuit this year and won three titles before Wimbledon (Yarra Valley, Miami, Stuttgart), a quarter at the Australian Open but also a retirement in the 2nd round of Roland Garros because of a sore hip.While Naomi Osaka is in full burnout, that Serena Williams is in decline, Barty is essential as the patron of the circuit. And maybe it's Barty to last.
