Top-ranked Barty reaches 1st Wimbledon semifinal
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Top-ranked Ash Barty has reached her first Wimbledon semifinal.
Barty beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1, 6-3 in the first all-Australian Grand Slam quarterfinal in 41 years.
Barty broke for a 5-3 lead in the second set and then served out the win with an ace. She finished with 23 winners to just five for Tomljanovic, who was playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Barty will play 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber on Thursday.
Barty won the girls’ singles title at Wimbledon in 2011 but had not been past the fourth round at the All England Club in four previous appearances.
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