Everything Ashleight Barty needs to shine before the world is a racket and the power of his body and mind.He is not a person who presumably appears on magazine covers or raising his voice, but prefers that his prominence be through the tennis court, and at least at this start of the year, he is literally achieving him when playing at home,During the Australian Open 2022.

In his most recent meeting, Barty won without any setback to the American Jessica Pegula to ensure a place in the semifinals of the Australian Grand Slam.It accumulates eight games winning without granting a single set, including from the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 of Adelaida a few days ago.Its potential is so great that rivals no longer find words to describe it.

"I don't feel so bad.What Ash did today was too good.Unfortunately, today I have been one of your victims, I couldn't do too much.I have felt useless, you feel that you cannot get many free points, there is not much you can do, ”Pegula told at the end of the quarterfinal match (6-2 and 6-0).

The rhythm that carries makes him dream of a feat that has been off for years.Barty fights for being the first Australian to win the great slam of her country since 1978, when the then number 111 of the world, Chris O'Neil, defeated Betsy Nagelsen;Ashleight is only two victories to achieve it and her next rival does not seem very complicated on paper: Madison Keys, current number 51 of the WTA ranking.

Barty's potential has found languages beyond words: since October 18 he is part of the group of eight tennis players in history who have been able to maintain the number 1 of the ranking for 100 weeks or more, and is also part of aEven more select conglomerate, where are the players who have been able to keep at the top for three years, neither more nor less than together with Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams.

So far, Barty has only lost eight games in the first three games of Australian Open and links 58 consecutive without having taken away the serve;She does not lose it since January 5, during the eighths of the WTA 250 of Adelaida, in front of Coco Gauff.These records are aimed once again towards the grand final.

Barty is 25 years old and has won 26 titles in his career at a major level, although only two have been Grand Slams: Roland Garros 2019 and Wimbledon 2021.In Australia, their maximum reach had been the semifinals of 2020, but now she is on the eve of becoming the tenth winner for her country playing the major within her territory.

If you manage to advance to the final, it will be the first time with an Australian from Wendy Turnbull in 1980.For now, he already left Pegula, Amanda Anisimova, Camila Giorgi, Lucia Bronzetti and Lesia Tsurenko, while eight of the 10 best planted already said goodbye and increase the possibilities: Aryna Sabalenka (number 2), Garbiñe Muguruza (3), Barbora Krejcikova (4), Maria Sakkari (5), Anett Kontaveit (6), Paula Badosa (8), Ons Jabeur (9) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (10).

One of Barty's inspirations when playing at home comes from his indigenous roots, since his father is originally from the Ngarigo community.According to the Australian newspaper The Age, this has prompted thousands of children from indigenous communities in Australia have preferred to start sports in tennis instead of football or rugby;Also more than a million and a half of Australians played tennis during the last year and children's licenses increased by 30%, said medium.

"I only try to be myself, and if I am able to enjoy those children and monopolize attention for our sport, I find it exciting," said the 1stista of 1.66 meters tall in allusion to the figures of those infants.

At Sponsors level, Barty meets brands such as Jaguar, Kayo Sports, Vegetime, Rado, Banana Boat, Esmi, Gillete, Uber Eats, Yopro and Australia Tourism, while her clothes are provided per row and in terms of racketsFind with Rado.

Australia has already found Barty as one of his national figures, but now Ashleight seeks to return those decorations when he reached the final of the Grand Slam of his country, breaking a streak of 42 years of absence of an Australian and 44 years without a title.It is the number 1 in the world, so it only depends on it to achieve it.

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