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Ash Barty overcomes Karolina Pliskova to win Wimbledon title, second career Grand Slam trophy

Ash Barty earned her second career Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 win over Karolina Pliskova in the Wimbledon final Saturday.

The top-seeded Barty, who won the French Open in 2019, became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon title since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.

Pliskova was seeking her first Grand Slam title. She also lost in the US Open final in 2016.

The eighth-seeded Pliskova didn't win a single point in the first three games of the first set and then double-faulted on break point to hand Barty a 4-0 lead.