Australian Open: Ashleigh Barty is 2022 Australian Open Champion

World Number 1 women's tennis player, Ashleigh Barty has won her first Australian Open Grand Slam.

Barty won the game by beating Danielle Collins in straight sets 6-3, 7-6(2). She is the first Australian woman in 44 years to win the grand slam in Melbourne.

The Australian came from 1-5 down in the second set to get her name kn another Grand Slam trophy.

The victory gives Barty her third Grand Slam title after winning the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2021. She also joins Serena Willams to become the only active player to have won a grand slam on three different surfaces.