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Australia’s darling Ashleigh Barty: a sportswoman of many talents

Australia’s Ashleigh Barty waves after winning the Australian Open 2022 in Melbourne on January 29, 2022. (Source: AP)

Multi-talented Ashleigh Barty has been a professional cricketer, won a golf tournament and now taken her place among the giants of Australian tennis after winning her home Grand Slam on Saturday.

It was fitting that Chris O’Neil, the last home-grown player to win the Australian Open in 1978, was in the stadium to witness Barty ending a 44-year hoodoo and thrilling a nation glued to their televisions.

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