Ash Barty's Aus Open win expected to boost interest in grassroots tennis

Ash Barty with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup on Sunday 30 January 2022.

Ash Barty of Australia poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup at a Park the morning after defeating Danielle Collins. Source: AAP

The first Australian to win an Australian Open singles title since 1978. She is also the second First Nations woman to win the Australian Open, following Evonne Goolagong Cawley.



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