File photo of Ashleigh Barty of Australia during the woman’s finals at the Miami Open Miami Open Tennis Complex in Miami Gardens, Florida, March 31, 2019. — Reuters pic
That was part of a golden era for Australian women with Lesley Turner and Evonne Goolagong also triumphing at the clay court Slam. “It's an amazing opportunity for myself and my team. Like I said, we have worked so hard to put ourselves in these positions. If she wins the title today, Barty will be number two in the rankings, the best for an Australian woman since Goolagong Cawley in 1976.
“It might be a bit of a blessing in disguise that we're playing day after day after day just to keep the momentum going,” said Barty, the first Australian woman in a Paris final since Samantha Stosur in 2010.Vondrousova has reached the final without dropping a set, seeing off Britain's Johanna Konta 7-5, 7-6 in her semi-final.
Vondrousova is also bidding to become the first teenage Grand Slam champion since 19-year-old Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open.
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