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Wimbledon 2021 LIVE result: Ashleigh Barty vs Karolina Pliskova - women’s final latest updates

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Shapovalov out at Wimbledon after 1st Grand Slam semifinal match

Follow all the reaction live after Ashleigh Barty beat Karolina Pliskova in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon.

World number one Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title for 41 years on Saturday when she defeated Czech Pliskova 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 in the final.

The 25-year-old Barty, who won her maiden Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2019, emulated her idol Evonne Goolagong who claimed the second of her All England Club titles in 1980. Follow all the reaction live below:

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