"Tennis fan" Kate Princess appeared at Wimbledon to present her awards, and "Champion Barty" finally became the world's first name

After 5 years, the number one wimbledon women's singles seed can finally not be upset on the grass. On July 10, Beijing time, the world's number one Australian Ashley Barty defeated the Czech Republic's Pliskova 2-1 to win her second Grand Slam championship trophy. The last female player to win the title at Wimbledon as the number one was Serena Williams in 2016.

After successfully getting rid of the identity of a "One Slam" player, Barty also justified his world number one status, and the gold content of such a Grand Slam championship honor is beyond doubt.

Wimbledon "topped" twice in ten years

For Barty, to be able to reach the end of Wimbledon, I am afraid he did not think of it before the game. In the previous French Open, Barty had a good record in the warm-up match, but he did not expect to be injured in Roland Garros, and he retired in the middle of the second round, missing the opportunity to win another Grand Slam. After that, Barty did not participate in any grass warm-up matches, so he chose to air cool the net. Although you are the number one in the world, Barty is not a popular candidate for the grass court title, after all, her previous best result at Wimbledon was only the round of 16, and her physical condition was questionable.

However, after stumbling through the first two rounds, Barty gradually adjusted his form into place, defeating the new French Open champion Kregitkova in the quarter-finals and winning his compatriot in the quarter-finals - tom Janovic, the biggest dark horse at Wimbledon this year. By the semi-finals, facing the resurgent former club champion and former world number one Kerber, Barty won in two straight sets cleanly and neatly, reaching the Grand Slam title for the second time after the 2019 French Open, and becoming the first Australian woman to reach the Wimbledon final in 41 years.

Both Barty and rival Pliskova are considered players suitable for the grass. Barty has a varied style of play, and the ball bounces off the grass not high, making it somewhat difficult for opponents to adapt to. Pliskova's serve is her most advantageous weapon on the grass.

In this women's singles final, Pliskova was obviously the more nervous and slower to enter the side, in the first set, the Czech star did not play to her advantage in the serve, and once she came up, she lost two serves in a row, and the nervousness made her completely lose the positive state she had played against Sabalenka in the semi-finals. The situation didn't improve until the second half of the second set, when Pliskova unleashed her attack on the decider, but it was clearly too late.

Wimbledon has extraordinary significance for Barty. Ten years ago, she won the junior women's singles championship here, and ten years later, she was also known as the adult women's singles champion, which was also the fate of the arrangement.

Since 2019, when it first ascended to the throne of the world number one, for most of the next two years, even if the competition was interrupted for a while due to the epidemic, Barty has been able to maintain the position of the world number one, and the overall performance is quite stable, but it has not reached another Grand Slam final, which has also caused a lot of questions.

Apparently, Barty desperately needed a Grand Slam to justify her world number one rankings, and she seized the opportunity this wimbledon. Without much anticipation before the match, Barty made it all the way to the end. After winning the second Grand Slam title, Barty will sit more securely in the world's first throne, and it is worth looking forward to whether the women's tennis world will end the chaotic world by "rectifying the chaos".

Princess Kate presented the award herself

It was Princess Kate who awarded Barty the Rose Dew Tray, the first time the high-profile member of the royal family appeared in the public eye after seven days of self-isolation, marking her return to work.

After watching Wimbledon a few days ago, Kate was told she had been exposed to an infected person and had to quarantine despite having received two doses of the vaccine and testing negative several times.

After the quarantine ended, Princess Kate came to Wimbledon again. In the afternoon, Kate walked into Wembley Stadium in an emerald green dress, accompanied by Prince William in a suit and leather, with an iconic smile. Princess Kate and Prince William both wore masks before entering the box, and they didn't take off their masks until they were seated, ready to enjoy the game.

In fact, Princess Kate is not only an avid tennis fan, but also a patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, and after Barty beat Pliskova, she smiled and presented Barty and Pliskova with the first and second place trophies respectively. Afterwards, Princess Kate tweeted congratulating Barty and Pliskova on an "incredible match."

Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Gong Jieyun

Source: Author: Gong Jieyun