Ash Barty has made a victorious return to the scene of her greatest triumph on Wimbledon’s Centre Court three years to the day after she won the celebrated title she had dreamt of as a girl. But the three-time major champion, who played with her usual grace and showed sublime touch in a Legends doubles alongside her mate Casey Dellacqua, made it abundantly clear that as much as she had enjoyed the moment, this was not the start of a comeback. “You guys are killing me.
Anyone have a thesaurus for a word that I can use for ‘no’? No, mate. No, I’m not,” she said with the crispness with which she used to her slice backhand. Get on board Kayo and watch every game of every round of the NRL + AFL Seasons live and ad break free during play.
New to Kayo? Start Your Free Trial Today > ‘I’M DEVASTATED’: Demon disaster as injury forces withdrawal from Wimbledon before Djoker QF The 28-year-old, who retired two months after claiming the 2022 Australian Open in stunning fashion, has earned rave reviews for her work as a pundit for the BBC during Wimbledon and showed she had lost none of her on-court cunning on Wednesday. The Queenslander was at her home base in London making lunch for her son Hayden when she received an email saying that their match against Andrea Petkovic and Magdalena Rybarikova had been scheduled on Centre Court due to Alex de Minaur’s injury misfortune. Barty, who spoke with passion about de Minaur’s bad luck when declaring he would back in the la.
