Ashleigh Barty playing against Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter-final of the Ladies' Singles on Centre Court on day eight of WimbledonWorld number one Ashleigh Barty looked every inch a potential Wimbledon champion after blasting fellow Australian Ajla Tomljanovic off Centre Court. "But I think today I was able to use my weapons a little bit better and just bring the ball back into my patterns a bit more regularly. Barty will face the 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber in the last four on Thursday. Tomljanovic, who was Emma Raducanu's opponent on Monday night when the British teenager had to retire with breathing difficulties, admitted she found her first Centre Court experience intimidating. "It took me a little bit maybe getting angry a little bit in the second where I was starting to go a little more for my shots, which gave me a little more, you know, points.

Source: Irish Independent July 06, 2021 18:45 UTC