MELBOURNE: World’s top-ranked Australian tennis player – Ashleigh Barty has won the Australian Open title by defeating USA’s Danielle Collins by 6-3 7-6 (7-2), here at Rod Laver Arena.
The Australian tennis player – Barty made a remarkable comeback from 5-1 down in the second set to go on to win the title.
The 25-years-old has ended the 44 year-long title drought of a Grand Slam women’s singles championship for her homeland.
The top seed won the final of the mega event without dropping a single set.
On this remarkable achievement, Barty said that she is proud to be an ‘Aussie’, while she also thanked the crowd for their immense support.
“This is a dream come true for me. I am so proud of being an Aussie. As an Aussie, the most important part of this tournament has been being able to share this experience with the fans,” she said.
“This crowd is one of the most fun I’ve played in front of,” she added.
Barty also addressed the crowd and and thanked them to push her to play ‘best tennis’.
“You relaxed me and forced me to play my best tennis. Thank you,” she said.
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MELBOURNE: Pakistan’s tennis star Aisam Qureshi, alongside his Japanese partner Makoto Ninomiya reached the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing Australian Open Tennis Championship, here on Sunday.
The Pak-Japenese duo of Aisam and Ninomiya breezed past the Ukrainian/Kazakh pair of Andrey Golubev and Lyudmyla Kichenok by the score of 6-3,6-4 in the second-round match.
The pair broke their opponent’s serve once in each set to win in sets; sealing a comfortable victory.
Following this victory, Aisam-Ninomiya have now qualified for the knockout stages; securing a quarterfinal spot in the Australian Open.
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MELBOURNE: Pakistan’s Aisam Qureshi and his Kazakh partner Alexander Nedovyesov upset seventh seeds Nicholas Mahut (former World No.1 doubles player) and his French partner Fabrice Martin to start Australian Open on a winning note.
In a closed contest, both the teams gave a tough fight but Aisam and Alexandar managed to clinch it. The first set lead was followed by the second set lead of 2-2. However, the French pair came back strongly and went on to win the second set by 7-5.
In the third set, the Pak-Kazakh duo raised their game to the next level and broke first the serve of Fabrice and then of Mahut consecutively, finishing the set and match with a 6-2 score.