French Open 2019: Ash Barty beats Marketa Vondrousova to become first Australian women's singles champion since Margaret Court
Eighth-seeded Ashleigh Barty took control right at the start of the French Open final and never really let go, beating unseeded 19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3
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Eighth-seeded Ashleigh Barty took control right at the start of the French Open final and never really let go, beating unseeded 19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3. AFP
Barty wound up with a 27-10 edge in winners against a far shakier Marketa Vondrousova and became the first Australian to win the trophy at Roland Garros since Margaret Court in 1973. AFP
After the US Open five years ago, Barty walked away from professional tennis. But her time in cricket gave her a chance to reconsider how she wanted to approach her other sport, and she returned to the WTA in 2016. AP
Novak Djokovic's 26-match Grand Slam winning streak ended in the French Open semi-finals because he made some odd strategic choices, because the wild weather bothered him, because the chair umpire got under his skin. AP
Mostly, though, because Dominic Thiem managed to outperform Djokovic at his own brand of defense-to-offense, speed-and-power baseline game. AP
Thiem put an end to the No. 1-ranked Djokovic's bid for a fourth consecutive major championship Saturday with a dramatic 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 victory in a wind-whipped and rain-interrupted match that spanned more than four hours over two days. AP
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