Ashleigh Barty Beats Karolina Pliskova To Win Maiden Wimbledon Crown

World No.1 Ashleigh Barty beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 in the women's singles final to win her maiden Wimbledon title.

Ashleigh Barty won her first Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley's maiden crown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 in the final on Saturday. The 25-year-old Australian -- who wore a specially-designed dress in tribute to Cawley's iconic scallop one she sported in 1971 -- adds the Wimbledon crown to her 2019 French Open title. "It took me a long time to verbalise, to dare to dream it and say it," said Barty, who was also fulfilling a childhood dream. "I didn't sleep a lot last night, I was thinking of all the what-ifs. I hope I made Evonne proud." It was the first women's Wimbledon final to go to three sets since 2012 when Serena Williams beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska. Barty is also the first top seed to win the women's title since Williams in 2016.