IN PICS | Wimbledon 2021: Ashleigh Barty Beat Karolina Pliskova To Win Women's Singles Title

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty won the women's singles title at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday as she defeated the eighth seed Karolina Pliskova in three sets 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 in one hour and 55 minutes. (Image: PTI)

Ashleigh Barty is the first Australian woman to win the singles trophy at the All England Club since Evonne Goolagong in 1980. (Image: PTI)

This is her second Grand Slam title. She also won the 2019 French Open. (Image: PTI)

It was the first women's Wimbledon final to go to three sets since 2012 when Serena Williams beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska. (Image: PTI)

Ashleigh got off to a flying start, winning the first 14 points and four games in a row before clinching the first set 6-3. (Image: PTI)

Notably, the 25-year-old Barty had left the tennis tour for nearly two years in 2014 and switched to professional cricket. Eventually, she decided to return to her other sport. (Image: PTI)

Ashleigh Barty hugs her boyfriend Garry Kissick in the players box as she celebrates after defeating Czech Republics Karolina Pliskova in the womens singles final on day twelve of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. (Image: PTI)

For Karolina, this is the second loss at a Grand Slam final. She was runner-up at the 2016 U.S Open. (Image: PTI)