Ash Barty authenticated her world number one status with a triumphant performance that brought her a first Wimbledon title. By doing so she won on the same Centre Court that Evonne Goolagong did when she first won Wimbledon 50 years ago. Pliskova began to play much better in the second set and was in the ascendancy at 5-5 and 40-0 before losing five points in a row against the relentless slice of Barty. It was only the second time since 2006 that a Wimbledon women’s final has gone to a deciding set. Barty and Pliskova put on an excellent show of top quality tennis to end the women's drawSportsmail's SAM BLITZ was on the live blog for coverage of the women's Wimbledon final

Source: Daily Mail July 10, 2021 11:30 UTC