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Patna : Ashleigh Barty, 25, Australia, is the new women’s Wimbledon Champion, her second Grand Slam singles title.It is her 12th career title. Top seed Barty beat 8th seed Karolina Pliskova, 29, Czech Republic, in a three-set thriller 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 in final on Centre Court, All England Club, London, UK, on July 10, 2021, night, to win the Wimbledon singles title adding to her 2019 French Open title.
Pliskova was playing in her second Grand Slam singles final. The Czech had also in 2016 US Open Final. She is yet to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Barty won 7 break points during the match to 4 by the Czech. The Australian fired 7 Aces during the match to 6 by Pliskova. But, Barty also committed 7 double faults in the match to 5 by the Czech. Barty won 4 games in a row during the match to 3 by Pliskova.
The Australian, in all, won 88 points during the match to 78 by Pliskova. Barty won 12 service game to 8 by the Czech. Pliskova, however, did not prove to be a push over as she fought brilliantly and won the second set in tiebreak. She also had break point in the 9th game in the third set but failed to convert it.