Barty keeps Cawley dream alive as Jabeur’s Wimbledon ends
Ashleigh Barty on Tuesday moved a step closer to achieving her goal of winning the Wimbledon women’s crown on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first title victory.
Barty outplayed fellow Australian Ajla Tomljanovic – appearing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 28 – winning 6-1, 6-3 to progress to the semifinals.
World No 1 Barty, will play in-form 2018 champion Angelique Kerber in Thursday’s semifinals.
Former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova will play Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the other semifinal. Sabalenka had ended the historic run of Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, winning 6-4, 6-3.