
Barty's dream came finally true after she ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open by beating American Danielle Collins in the final on Saturday.
She's now the complete player having become just the second active female player to claim Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces, alongside 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams. Even so, she is staying humble understanding that there is much more to learn:
"I feel very humble to be in such a select group. To be honest, I don't really feel like I belong with those champions of our sport. I'm still very much learning and trying to refine my craft and try and learn every single day and get better and better."
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She further said:
"I think being able to have that balance and understand that I'm very lucky and fortunate to be able to do what I do, I get to play a sport that I love for a living, I get to compete, work hard, and I think I just see that as an opportunity. There are so many different things that I get to experience as a tennis player, and I'm very fortunate to do that."
Barty is aiming at more trophies and titles and speaking on her journey to winning three of them, she said:
"They are all very different, all very different stages of my life. I
think to be able to have this feeling and experience this a few times
over, I just understand how fortunate I am to be able to experience
that, because not many people get to do that I
think it's just been an incredible journey over this past 20 years of
hitting a tennis ball but particularly the last five or six years in
this second phase of my career."
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