Reporters cracked up when ashbar96 made reference to The Little Mermaid song Under the Sea in response to a question after breezing into the Wimbledon final 16.
The Aussie superstar blitzed her way past local wildcard Harriet Dart 6-1 6-1 in only 53 minutes to stroll into the fourth round at the All England Club as she aims to win a second straight grand slam after claiming her maiden major singles title at the French Open last month.
“Really, I just need to go about it, be really simple, make up my mind, pick my spot, hit it, and try and bring a very simple mindset and have this real clarity around how I want to play, but also knowing I have the ability to adapt and play a different shot if I need to.” “No matter whether I win a match or lose a match, I’m still extremely hungry and driven to try to do well, to try and grow and develop as a player and a person, trying to take as much as I can from every single match, learn from every single match, then keep going forward and keep striving to be better.
As the match wore on the cheers got louder for every point Dart was able to steal from the world No. 1. A cry of “come on, Harriet” rang out after a Barty slice went long and, sensing they wouldn’t get much of an opportunity to clap late in the second set, fans broke out into rapturous applause when the hometown hero won the next point too.
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