ASH Barty captured the hearts of Aussies nation-wide on Saturday night, winning the Australian Open women\u2019s singles title with a straight sets victory over American Danielle Collins.<\/p>\n
The victory was Barty\u2019s third Grand Slam title and her first on home soil, having previously won both Wimbledon and the French Open.<\/p>\n
Before Barty, the most recent Australian to reach the pinnacle of the sport and win a major was Sam Stosur, who claimed the US Open women\u2019s singles crown in 2011.<\/p>\n
Stosur was at Rod Laver Arena commenting the final alongside Brett Phillips for *SEN*, and she told listeners that she doesn\u2019t know whether it can get better for Barty after winning on home soil.<\/p>\n
\u201cWimbledon was always her pinnacle, that was the one she wanted, she got that last year but I don\u2019t know if you can get better than this moment,\u201d Stosur said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you get home after so long, you can see she doesn\u2019t [usually] give away much emotion, but you saw after that match point, she let out the biggest roar I think we\u2019ve ever seen from her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can tell how much it means to her, that was absolutely incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a Grand Slam champion herself, Stosur gave an insight of what it feels to reach the mountaintop of the game with a major victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible feeling, moment, you feel like you\u2019ve obviously achieved something you\u2019ve always dreamed of,\u201d Stosur said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo go through and know, \u2018Wow, I actually did that\u2019, there is nothing better.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor Ash to come back in that second set, she was 5-1 down, she was losing ground in those rallies, Collins was getting pumped\u2026 but those last couple of games she absolutely dominated, and that tiebreak was flawless.\u201d<\/p>\n
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