(Reuters) - Ashleigh Barty sent Australia into a frenzy with her maiden Grand Slam quarter-final at Melbourne Park in January so the sports-mad nation will be eager to see how she progresses at the French Open next week. Her preparations have been hampered by a flare-up of a long-time arm injury, causing her to pull out of the Strasbourg event. But as the eighth seed in Paris, she has her best chance of going deep at a tournament that has mostly proved confounding for her. Unlike Kyrgios, the 5ft-5in (1.65m) Barty is universally admired for her grit, grace and work ethic. Much of her rise in tennis has been measured rather than meteoric, despite announcing her talent as a 15-year-old when she won the 2011 Wimbledon girls' title.

Source: The Star May 24, 2019 06:11 UTC