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Richard Evans

Missing Aussies: French Open exposes Australia’s post-Ash Barty woes

Barty's success masked a serious 'papering over of the cracks' afflicting Australian tennis. Photo: TND/Getty

It is a little under 11 months since Ash Barty was crowned Wimbledon champion and just 126 days since she captivated her country by winning the Australian Open singles crown.

Yet tonight in Paris her successor as world number one, Iga Swiatek (21-years-old this week), will fight it out with the teenager Coco Gauff for the French Open singles crown.

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