World No1 Barty clinches women's singles title at Wimbledon
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Updated: 2021-07-11 06:36
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LONDON -- World number one Ashleigh Barty beat Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 to clinch the women's singles title at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.
The 25-year-old Australian needed only 28 minutes to take the first set in a convincing way, but the 29-year-old Pliskova fought hard to crawl back by winning the tiebreak 7-4 in the following set.
In the deciding set, Barty broke early to keep the match under control, winning her second Grand Slam title of her career.
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