Ashley Barty has claimed her first ever Australia Open grand-slam title after securing a 6-3, 7-6 (2) win against America’s Danielle Collins on Saturday.

The world number one and number one seeded at the 2022 Australia Open came from 1-5 sets to claimed a 7-6 (2) in the second game to secure a straights sets win.

Ashley Barty showed the same ruthlessness that saw her win all seven games at Melbourne without dropping a set. The 25-year-old cruised into her maiden 3rd grand slam title.

Ashley Barty Road to securing her maiden Australia Open title

• First round: beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 6-0 6-1
• Second round: beat Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) 6-1 6-1
• Third round: beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-2 6-3
• Fourth round: beat Amanda Anisimova (United States) 6-4 6-3
• Quarter-finals: 21-beat Jessica Pegula (United States) 6-2 6-0
• Semi-finals: beat Madison Keys (United States) 6-1 6-3
• Final: beat Danielle Collins (United States) 6-3 7-6 (2)

Ashley Barty becomes the first Australian to win an Australian Open Singles title in 44 years.

Tomorrow, Rafael Nadal and Danil Medvedev will play in the men’s final.