Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua gained their opening match within the ladies’s invitational doubles competitors at Wimbledon 2024.
London, Nice Britain, 11 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers@ashbarty 👋
Our 2021 champion joins nice buddy Casey Dellacqua within the girls’ invitation doubles to face Rybarikova and Petkovic!#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/4lUM0EIIsK
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 10, 2024
It has been a busy fortnight for Barty, who additionally made her commentary debut on the BBC.
“I’ve learnt loads and have actually loved watching stay tennis once more,” Barty stated of the expertise.
“I’ve obtained a lovely commentary field on each Centre and No.1 Court docket. You get a great view and are capable of soak up what’s taking place out on the court docket. Hopefully folks at house are having fun with what I’m having to say. I don’t know whether or not I’m proper, mistaken or detached, however I’m having fun with it as effectively.”
As for whether or not these experiences have reignited her aggressive wishes, the 28-year-old was fast to shutdown any discuss of a possible comeback.
“No, mate. No, I’m not,” Barty stated.
“Anybody have a thesaurus for a phrase that I can use for ‘no’?”
Barty and Dellacqua are amongst 9 Australian greats competing within the Wimbledon invitational occasions this yr.
> READ: 9 Australian legends again on court docket at Wimbledon 2024
Aussies in motion – Wimbledon
RESULTS
Ladies’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Ash Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d Andrea Petkovic (GER)/Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 5-7 6-3 [10-7]
Combined invitational doubles, round-robin
Mark Woodforde (AUS)/Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Greg Rusedski (GBR)/Iva Majoli (CRO) 6-3 6-4
COMING UP
Ladies’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Ash Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v Roberta Vinci (ITA)/Zheng Jie (CHN)
Sam Stosur (AUS)/Cara Black (ZIM) v Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)/Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Sam Stosur (AUS)/Cara Black (ZIM) v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/Laura Robson (GBR)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 ladies’s invitational doubles draw
Males’s invitational doubles, round-robin
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/Kevin Anderson (RSA) v Mark Philippoussis (AUS)/Tommy Haas (GER)
Mark Philippoussis (AUS)/Tommy Haas (GER) v Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/Robert Farah (COL)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/Kevin Anderson (RSA) v Jamie Delgado (GBR)/Sebastian Grosjean (FRA)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 males’s invitational doubles draw
Combined invitational doubles, round-robin
Mark Woodforde (AUS)/Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Alicia Molik (AUS)
Todd Woodbridge (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) v Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/Anne Keothavong (GBR)
Todd Woodbridge (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) v Thomas Enqvist (SWE)/Martina Navratilova (USA)
Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/Alicia Molik (AUS) v Richard Krajicek (NED)/Conchita Martinez (ESP)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 blended invitational doubles draw
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