Australian great Evonne Goolagong said Ash Barty's Wimbledon win on Saturday made her more emotional than her own triumph at the grasscourt major 50 years ago.
Barty has been a woman on a mission this year at the All England Club and emulated trailblazer Goolagong, with whom she shares indigenous Australian heritage, by defeating Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7 6-3 in a nervy final on Centre Court."I'd never really watched myself play for years until I showed some kids from our national indigenous camp a film of me playing. It was more emotional for me watching Ash," Goolagong said in a video released by Tennis Australia on Sunday.
"We were so excited. Now I see the other side of it... my family, how they were when they were watching me win. They were jumping up, crying, screaming... exactly what we were doing." "She must have been about 13, playing at the Australian Open. Roger and I watched a bit and we saw one whole point in which she had all the skills.
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