Ashleigh Barty having Roger Federer-esque impact and can win 10 more Grand Slams – Mats Wilander

Ashleigh Barty can win 10 more Grand Slams after taking women’s tennis to the “next level”, Eurosport expert Mats Wilander claimed in the wake of her historic Australian Open triumph. Barty ended a 44-year wait for an Australian singles champion in Melbourne as she saw off Danielle Collins in straight sets on Sunday. Ad/> The 25-year-old moved onto three major titles and joined an exclusive club of players to win a Grand Slam on every surface: hard courts, grass and clay.

Australian Open'Get him out!' — Kyrgios demands fan is chucked out in doubles final drama2 HOURS AGO Wilander believes that Barty’s impact is similar to the impression Roger Federer made on the men’s game and said it would now take “serious weapons” to stop her cleaning up at the Slams. “She can win many more because she can win all four of them [the Grand Slams],” said seven-time major champion Wilander. “I don’t see a style that’s going to bother her, I don’t see a surface that bothers her.

“I would put her in to play for me any day because I know I’m going to get the best Barty on the day that you can get. “She’s going to problem solve, she’s going to have that serve, a sliced backhand. She’s the total package for me.

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