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| Dates: 17-30 January Venue: Melbourne Park |
| Coverage: Daily radio commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sport website and app, with selected live text commentaries online; TV highlights from middle Saturday. |
Ashleigh Barty beat Danielle Collins to win the Australian Open title, ending the home nation's 44-year wait for a Grand Slam women's singles champion.
Top seed Barty fought back from 5-1 down in the second set to win 6-3 7-6 (7-2) on a jubilant Rod Laver Arena.
The 25-year-old Queenslander has won the title without dropping a set in Melbourne this fortnight.
After winning the 2019 French Open and last year's Wimbledon title, she has now claimed three of the four majors.
With a partisan 12,000 crowd and nation watching on, Barty started and ended the final looking unburdened by the weight of expectation.
Among those watching was Chris O'Neil, the last Australian to win the men's or women's singles title in Melbourne.
More to follow.
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