Sporting Life

Barty an unfussy hero in an age of excess

Queen of slice Ashleigh Barty returning to Alison van Uytvanck during their Wimbledon second-round match in London on Thursday. The Australian will face Britain's Harriet Dart in the third round today. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Queen of slice Ashleigh Barty returning to Alison van Uytvanck during their Wimbledon second-round match in London on Thursday. The Australian will face Britain's Harriet Dart in the third round today. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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Ladies in boots are the fashion in France and the US women's football shirt is setting sales records for any gender. History is getting a lovely kicking. Old men at Muirfield golf club have bent to common sense and women have finally been invited to become members after a wait of a mere 275 years.

It's a month of heroes, from a pink-haired Megan Rapinoe who fights for equal pay to a 15-year-old ball-whacking Cori Gauff whose Instagram account has the hashtag #prayforsudan.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 06, 2019, with the headline Barty an unfussy hero in an age of excess. Subscribe