Female final Narration and statistics
Nobody wanted the cup at Wimbledon, given the ups and downs that characterized the final. It was
Ashleigh Barty
who managed to maintain a greater degree of stability to emerge victorious from the All England Club. The 'number one' won her second Grand Slam title, twelfth overall in her career, after taking Roland Garros in 2019. She beat
Karolina Pliskova
, eighth favorite,
in one hour and 55 minutes
, whose reaction was insufficient (6 -3, 6-7 [4], 6-3).
The Australian, junior champion in 2011 and winner also this year in Yarra Valley, Miami and Stuttgart, strengthens at the top of the ranking, where she will add 77 consecutive weeks.
The winner played in a dress that paid tribute to
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
, and the penultimate Australian to win the tournament, back in 1980.
Pliskova was slow to wake up, but at times she compromised Barty's triumph, nervous and imprecise as she saw the goal closer.
The Czech conceded the initial 14 points.
He had to wait for his rival to send a backhand to the net to put digits on his scoreboard.
The brilliant journey to reach, almost five years after appearing at the US Open, to his second Grand Slam final, had come to an abrupt halt.
Response after mistakes
Some responsibility had Barty, who constantly moved her and sharpened the exchanges with the backhand cut.
But Pliskova, a consummate server, a true specialist on the surface, the woman with the most
aces
, 54, so far in the tournament, could only win one of her serves in that first set.
Barty also escaped early in the second set, but the expected response from Pliskova came, who had received some whistles for lack of combativeness.
Much more effective with the service, the Czech rushed to the tiebreaker despite losing his serve in the eleventh game.
The Australian consented, in an unfortunate game when it served to kiss the trophy.
The final grew, with the best moments when Pliskova was released, who did not give up despite returning her serve at the beginning of the third set.
He came close to getting it back, after a volley to Barty's net as he served again to win the match.
The Ipswich player, the third Grand Slam champion of 2021, came out of the trance after the victories of
Naomi Osaka
in Australia and
Barbora Krejcikova
at Roland Garros.
The most regular in a circuit that does not give up.
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