Australian Open 2022: Ashleigh Barty Beats Danielle Collins To End 44-Year Wait For Home Grand Slam

The 25-year-old Ashleigh Barty now has three major title🅰s on three surfaces. She had won Wimbledon last year and the French Open in 2019.

Updated on: 29 January 2022 10:50 am

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Ashleigh Barty holds Australian Open 2022 trophy afte♛r defea🔯ting Danielle Collins in the final.

Ashleigh Barty holds Australian O🧸pen 2022 trophy after defeating Danielle Collins in the final.

Ashleigh Barty has won the Australian Open 2022 final with a 6-3, 7-6 (2) win over Danielle Collins to end a 44-year drought for Australian women at their home Grand Slam tournament. (More Tennis News)

Barty won the first set with one service break but was down 5-1 in the second set after dropping serve in the second and sixth games. Collins had 🍌two chances to serve for the set but was broken both times.

Barty dominated after taking the set to a tiebreaker, racing to a 4-0 lead. Barty was the first Australian woman into the singles final of the Australian Open si൩nce Wendy Turnbull in 1980 and is now the fi🐈rst Australian champion since Chris O’Neil in 1978.

The 25-year-old Barty now has major titles on three surfaces, adding the hard court at Melbour✱ne Park to her win on grass at Wimbledon last year and on clay at the French Open in 2019.