Whether they’re sipping Pimm’s in the English summer heat or watching the action from their living rooms, all Australian tennis fans care about at the 2019 Wimbledon tournament is Ashleigh Barty.
The 23-year-old Aussie is the face of Australian sport we can all be proud of, and after winning both the French Open and the Birmingham classic in June, the entire country is cheering her on to take out Wimbledon, too.
Despite being the highest-ranked female tennis player in the world to step out onto Wimbledon’s prestigious courts this year, the world No. 1’s press conferences have been littered with questions about two men.
Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic.
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As we’ve come to expect from two of Australia’s most talented and worst behaved male tennis players, Kyrgios’ and Tomic’s Wimbledon efforts have disappointed.
On Thursday, 26-year-old Tomic was stripped of his entire $81,000 Wimbledon prize money for his lacklustre efforts during his first-round loss to French player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The 58-minute takedown was the second shortest men’s singles match in Wimbledon’s 142-year history.
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Yep. Go Ash. Great to have a successful Aussie player. Great that it's Ash.
I want to take Ash and bottle her! She’s a shining example of Aussie womanhood and many would do well to copy her outlook on life.
First, the media tried to make an issue out of Channel Seven’s decision to show the two Aussie guys’ match instead of hers. She wasn’t interested. Then, there was a kerfuffle about Venus Williams not knowing Ash was world Number 1. Again, Ash wasn’t bothered. Others have played on her indigenous heritage. She said firmly that she’s a proud Australian.
She’s a great girl with a positive outlook on life who’s not interested in drama and negativity. Compare her with some of the nonsense that’s been going on this week in the wake of the Logies. We need more young women with Ash Barty’s outlook on life and more young women to follow in her footsteps.