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Osaka holds a 2-1 career edge over Zheng. Their match will be the very first contest of the Games on centre court Saturday. The first seeded opponent that Osaka could face is No. 16 Kiki Bertens, who is playing the final tournament of her career.

Ash Barty has copped a staggering snub at the Tokyo Olympics at the hands of Naomi Osaka. Read all the details here.

Barty’s opponent, the Czech Karolína Plíšková, looked haunted, immobile. Her very first serve was a conspicuously diminished 135 kilometres an hour, some 40 per cent slower than her peak speed. Nervousness seemed to embalm her,

Ash Barty will have to prepare for a "crazy" time when she returns to Melbourne for next year's Australian Open, according to leading tennis commentator Sam Smith. And while the weight of expectation has already driven Barty away from the sport once before,

Just 45 minutes into her campaign, during her first round match against Carla Suárez Navarro, Barty slipped. That was on day two of the tournament, when the centre court surface came under fire, as a number of players lost their footing.

Ash Barty's parents, Josie and Rob, are the unsung heroes behind her Wimbledon victory – a fact brought home in heartbreaking fashion by Jelena Dokic. Barty had a loving upbringing in which she was encouraged,

Ash Barty has sent the Wimbledon crowd delirious, admitting she couldn't remember the moment she completed victory over Czech rival Karolina Pliskova. Barty withstood a tenacious Pliskova fightback, which saw the world No.

Tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley paid tribute to Australia’s latest Wimbledon victor, saying ‘dreams do come true’.

Up on the high plains and peaks of Ngarigo country in southern NSW, the air is thin and fresh. Your head is, literally, in the clouds. It is country known for its magical white-as-snow alpine dingoes and stumpy trees that rail against the extreme cold.

Ash Barty’s rise to become a Wimbledon champion is no surprise to delighted predecessor Evonne Goolagong Cawley and her