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World number one Ash Barty outclassed compatriot Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday and set up a meeting with 2018 champion Angelique Kerber.
In the first all-Australian women’s Grand Slam quarter-final since the 1980 Wimbledon championships, the 25-year-old Barty produced a calm and composed display on Centre Court.
Tomljanovic had battled past British wildcard Emma Raducanu the night before to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final, but was nowhere to be seen in a one-sided first set. But the 28-year-old did make more of a match of it in the second, breaking the Barty serve twice.
Barty always had another level though and ended Tomljanovic’s resistance in little over an hour.
“Ajla is an incredible competitor – I’ve played with her a lot, I’ve practised with her, all Aussies back home are proud of her and it was bloody nice to share the court with her today,” top seed Barty, who had made the singles quarter-finals at the All England Club for the first time, said on court.
