Ntiaj teb No. 1 Ash Barty Beats American No. 1 Danielle Collins For Australian Open Title

Australia's Ash Barty yog tus nyiam kom yeej nws lub tsev Grand Slam los rau hauv Australian Open, tab sis cov lus nug yog ib txwm ua li cas nws yuav daws qhov kev ntxhov siab nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws cov kiv cua hauv tsev.

"Lub siab loj," 18-lub sijhawm Grand Slam tus yeej Martina Navratilova tau hais ntawm Tennis Channel ua ntej kev sib tw.

"Tej zaum ob lub xyoos dhau los qhov kev ua si tawm, nws yuav muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo dua." Barty tau poob hauv quarterfinals hauv ob ntawm peb lub xyoos dhau los, thiab hauv semifinals ib zaug.

Tab sis xyoo no thaum kawg nws tau tawg. Lub ntiaj teb No. 1 tau sawv los ua kom tau raws li lub sijhawm no, tswj lub siab thiab tiv thaiv No. 27 cov noob Danielle Collins, tam sim no-los ua neeg Asmeskas No. (1), nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm cov neeg coob coob hauv tsev hauv Rod Laver Arena.

Qhov kev yeej no tau xaus rau 44-xyoo drought rau Australians yeej lub npe yos rov qab rau Chris O'Neil ntes cov poj niam lub kaus mom xyoo 1978. Barty tau los ua thawj tus neeg ncaws pob txij li Serena Williams hauv 2017 los yeej lub npe yam tsis poob ib txheej, thiab thawj zaug txij li thaum. Sloane Stephens ntawm 2017 US Open los yeej nws lub tsev Slam.

"Kuv muaj hmoo heev uas muaj coob tus neeg nyob ntawm no hmo no uas hlub kuv, txhawb nqa kuv," Barty hais hauv tsev hais plaub. “Zoo heev tshwj xeeb uas niam, txiv thiab kuv cov muam nyob ntawm no thiab kuv zoo nkauj [psyched] tias lawv tuaj yeem nqis los ntawm no hnub no.

"Kuv yog ib tug ntxhais muaj hmoo heev thiab muaj hmoo heev uas muaj kev hlub ntau thiab nyob hauv kuv lub ces kaum. Peb tau ua txhua yam ua ke, tsis muaj leej twg hloov pauv ntawm peb pab pawg, nws tau zoo kawg. Kuv hlub koj cov kwv tij kom tuag, koj yog tus tshaj plaws hauv kev lag luam thiab kuv ua tsis tau ua tsaug rau txhua lub sijhawm thiab kev hlub koj tau muab tso rau hauv kuv.

"Thiab ua ib tus neeg Aussie, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm qhov kev sib tw no yog muaj peev xwm qhia tau rau ntau tus neeg thiab koj cov neeg nyob hauv cov neeg niaj hnub no tsis muaj dab tsi txaj muag tshwj xeeb. Cov neeg coob coob no yog ib qho kev lom zem tshaj plaws uas kuv tau ua si nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej, thiab koj tuaj yeem coj kuv kev xyiv fab tawm ntawm no hnub no. Koj so kuv, koj yuam kom kuv ua kuv ntaus pob tesniv zoo tshaj plaws thiab tawm tsam tus yeej zoo li Danielle, kuv paub tias kuv yuav tsum coj li ntawd hnub no.

"Qhov no tsuas yog npau suav ua tiav thiab kuv zoo siab heev uas yog Aussie."

Nws yog lub npe thib peb Grand Slam rau 25-xyoo-laus Barty tom qab yeej ntawm French Open (2019) thiab Wimbledon (2021). Nws tau los ua tus poj niam thib rau hauv Open Era los yeej nws thawj peb qhov kawg kawg. Virginia Wade, Lindsay Davenport thiab Jennifer Capriati yeej lawv thawj peb, Naomi Osaka yeej nws thawj plaub thiab Monica Seles nws thawj rau.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian cov lus dab neeg uas yeej plaub ntawm nws xya lub npe tseem ceeb ntawm nws lub tsev Slam, nthuav tawm Barty nrog lub koob npe nrov.

Collins, yav dhau los tus yeej NCAA ob zaug ntawm Virginia, yuav nce mus rau No. 10 hauv ntiaj teb hnub Monday, dhau los ua tus thib 1 Asmeskas hauv cov txheej txheem. Nws yog tus thib plaub ncaj American Barty tuav txoj hauv kev mus rau lub npe, tom qab yeej Amanda Anisimova hauv txoj kev thib plaub, Jessica Pegula hauv lub quarter kawg thiab Madison Keys hauv semis.

Collins tau kov yeej Barty thaum lub hli dhau los no hauv Adelaide, 6-3, 6-4, yog li nws paub tias nws tuaj yeem kov yeej nws, tab sis nws tsis tshwm sim nyob rau theem loj tshaj plaws hauv Collins thawj qhov kawg kawg.

Collins, 28-xyoo-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus-laus hais tias "Kuv tshuav nuj nqi txaus siab rau Ash nyob rau hauv ib tug zoo kawg nkaus ob lub lis piam ntawm no, thiab yeej ib tug zoo kawg li ob peb xyoos." "Nws yog qhov zoo heev uas tau saib nws nce qib mus rau No. 1 thiab nyob ntawm no npau suav. Kuv txaus siab heev rau cov neeg uas ua ntawv koj yog thiab ntau yam ntawm koj qhov kev ua si, thiab vam tias kuv tuaj yeem siv qee qhov ntawm kuv. "

Barty, nyob rau hauv lem, hais rau Collins ntawm lub tsev hais plaub, "Zoo siab rau Danielle thiab koj pab neeg, koj nyob rau hauv 10 saum toj kawg nkaus, nws yog kiag li qhov chaw uas koj muaj thiab kuv paub tias koj yuav tau sib ntaus sib tua rau ntau yam ntawm no yav tom ntej."

Barty tau txais kev so rau 4-2 hauv thawj txheej thaum Collins ob-faulted ntawm qhov chaw tawg. Barty tswj cov pace los ntawm lub hauv paus rau ntau ntawm thawj txheej, ntaus sib sib zog nqus txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv thiab khiav ncig mus ntaus nws sab hauv-tawm forehand rau yeej.

Collins roared tawm mus rau ib tug ob-tawg lead rau 5-1 nyob rau hauv lub thib ob txheej thiab tshwm sim zoo li nws yuav yuam ib tug txiav txim thib peb. Nws tau ua haujlwm rau lub teeb thiab tau nce 5-3, 30-15, tsuas yog pom cov hmoov lead evaporate raws li nws tau tawg rau zaum ob.

Hauv kev sib tw, Barty roared tawm mus rau 3-0 coj.

Ua hauj lwm ntawm 2-5, Collins stroked lub crosscourt forehand dav, teeb tsa plaub lub ntsiab lus sib tw. Ntawm qhov taw tes tom ntej, Barty ntaus lub rooj sib txoos ua ntej tus yeej yav dhau los Collins tom ntej kom ntes tau lub npe.

Nws taug kev ncig lub tsev hais plaub, nrig ntiv tes, waving rau cov neeg coob coob.

Ntau heev rau lub siab. Barty yog tus yeej Australian Open. Thiab nws zoo li deb ntawm kev ua tiav ntawm kev yeej majors. Nws tsuas yog xav tau US Open lub npe los ua kom tiav txoj haujlwm Slam.

"Nws tau txais qhov kev ua si uas txhais mus rau txhua qhov chaw, yog li tsis muaj laj thawj vim li cas qhov no yog qhov kawg ntawm nws lub npe loj," ESPN tus Mary Joe Fernandez tau hais saum huab cua. "Nws tuaj yeem yeej US Open, nws tuaj yeem yeej Wimbledon dua thiab Fab Kis ib yam nkaus ...