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Australia's Ashley Barty reacts after beating Germany's Julia Goerges during the final match of the Nature Valley Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, Sunday June 23, 2019. (Tim Goode/PA via AP)

Analysis: New No. 1 Barty’s rapid rise could be just a start

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

Australia's Ashleigh Barty poses with the trophy during a photo call at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 9, 2019. Barty won the French Open tennis tournament women's final on Saturday June 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Ash Barty was back: tennis balls showed up at front door

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

In this image released Saturday, June 8, 2019 by the French Tennis Federation Australia's Ashleigh Barty holds the trophy in the locker room after winning her women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in two sets 6-1, 6-3, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. (Corinne Dubreuil, FFT, via AP Photo)

Back from cricket, Australia’s Barty now French Open champ

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Australian tennis legends Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Rod Laver hold the women's and men's trophies, the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup at the official start of the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. Goolagong Cawley says fellow indigenous athlete Ashleigh Barty’s first Grand Slam singles title at the French Open was “a joy to watch.” (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Goolagong Cawley says Barty’s French Open win ‘joy to watch’

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Australia's Ashleigh Barty celebrates after defeating Russia's Maria Sharapova in their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

It’s Barty Party time Down Under, Aussie woman into quarters

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press