Tennis: Australia hails Barty's Wimbledon triumph

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SYDNEY: Ash Barty's close friend Casey Dellacqua led the way in typically Australian style as a proud sporting nation woke up to hail its first ...

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SYDNEY: Ash Barty's close friend Casey Dellacqua led the way in typically Australian style as a proud sporting nation woke up to hail its first women's Wimbledon singles champion in 41 years on Sunday.

She added in a Channel Nine TV interview:"It's just extraordinary ... She does it with such grace and with such integrity, she sets a really good example for sport in Australia about how to be a champion." Cathy Freeman, whose gold medal run at the 2000 Olympics is widely regarded as a seminal moment in Australia's relationship with its indigenous community, tweeted of her"massive pride" in her fellow Aboriginal athlete.Barty's triumph came on the 50th anniversary of Goolagong's first Wimbledon title, and the 25-year-old said after her win that he she hoped she had done the indigenous sporting trailblazer proud.

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