Tennis: Beer-drinking Barty to stay world number one

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In a sign of tennis’s topsy-turvy 2020, Australia’s Ash Barty would remain the women’s world number one at the end of the year...

In a sign of tennis’s topsy-turvy 2020, Australia’s Ash Barty would remain the women’s world number one at the end of the year.World number two Simona Halep’s shock fourth-round drubbing by Polish teenager Iga Swiatek at the French Open on Sunday ensured Barty would head into a second successive season with the top ranking.

Barty, 24, made the Australian Open semi-finals in January but skipped the U.S. Open and her French Open title defence citing a lack of preparation.Ashleigh Barty wins first ever Grand Slam singles As her rivals battled for a spot in the second week at Roland Garros on Friday, Barty was in the terraces at the Gabba.

She was supporting her beloved Richmond Tigers as they fell to the home Brisbane Lions in the first week of the Australian Football League playoffs. Footage of Barty rising to her feet in the crowd, pumping her fist while cradling a cup of beer in the other hand, went viral on social media in Australia, where fans hailed “a true icon”.“French Open on and beer in hand at the footy. The best.”

 

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