Friday, January 25, 2013

Australian Open Day 12: Barty

Curtain Call

Player: Ashleigh Barty
Age: 16
Nation: Australia
Current Doubles Ranking: 145
Doubles Partner: Casey Dellacqua (Australia)
Notable Conquests: Maria Kirilenko (Russia)/Lisa Raymond (USA) (3rd seed), Natalie Grandin (South Africa)/Vladimira Uhlirova (Czech Republic) (14th)
Today's Result: lost to Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (1st, Italy) in three sets
Photo via Bettor.com

Here's one for the home crowd.  Barty is definitely on her way up.  She won the Wimbledon girls title in 2011 at the age of 15.  She already has 4 ITF singles titles and 4 in doubles.

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