The Latest Breaking News from Ashleigh Barty

The lead-up to the 2022 Australian Open was dominated by the unvaccinated top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic’s ignominious deportation from Australia.

Novak Djokovic, with 20 grand slam titles, will continue as No. 1 despite missing the Australian Open

Barty’s victory over Danielle Collins attracted peak viewing figures of 4.2million people in Australia

The versatile Australian has won grand slams on three different surfaces but says she is still learning and refining her craft

Fans, families and children in Barty's hometown of Ipswich gather to cheer on the world number one's victory, while the Mayor sounds out a possible statue of the 25-year-old.

Ash Barty candidly admits she could never have won the Australian Open if she hadn't taken time out from tennis after hitting rock bottom in late 2014.

Newly crowned Australian Open champion Ash Barty has revealed the lengths she went to in order to avoid the disaster of catching COVID-19 during the tournament.

The freshly crowned Australian Open champion chooses to have a low-key celebration following her stunning victory in the women's singles final, admitting she felt "pretty wrecked".

The tournament has ended, but the story goes on. Danielle Collins is not the Australian Open champion — Ash Barty beat her 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) early Saturday morning — but that’s just a minor plot twist. It arrives somewhere after the struggle but shortly before the breakthrough.

All the day’s news as it unfolded

After ending Australia's 44-year women's singles title drought in Melbourne, no one was more surprised than Ash Barty to see Evonne Goolagong Cawley at Rod Laver Arena.