13:35 (IST)
Ashleigh Barty's road to the final:
1st rd: bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 6-0, 6-1
2nd rd: bt Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 6-1, 6-1
3rd rd: bt Camila Giorgi (ITA x30) 6-2, 6-3
4th rd: bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-4, 6-3
Quarter-final: bt Jessica Pegula (USA x21) 6-2, 6-0
Semi-final: bt Madison Keys (USA) 6-1, 6-3
13:30 (IST)
🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty
Age: 25
World ranking: 1
Prize money: $21,665,851
Career titles: 14
Grand Slam titles: 2 (French Open 2019, Wimbledon 2021)
Australian Open best: Final (2022)
Coach: Craig Tyzzer
Making her third Slam final appearance, winning both times previously. Is aiming to become the first Australian woman to win on home soil since Chris O'Neill in 1978.
Heads into the clash on a 10-match win streak after taking the title at Adelaide this month -- her 14th career crown starting in 2017 at Wuhan and Birmingham. Three of them, including Wimbledon, came in 2021.
Has been world number one for 112 consecutive weeks. Made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open in 2012.
13:28 (IST)
Aussies go for the records
Barty is hoping to become the first home Australian Open women's champion since Chris O'Neill in 1978, thus ending a 44-year wait
Whichever team wins in the doubles final, they will become the first All-Australian team to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1997
13:18 (IST)
Hello! On the penultimate day of the 2022 Australian Open, our focus, and that of plenty of Australians, will be on the women's final featuring local hope Ashleigh Barty and American Danielle Collins. It will be followed by an all-Aussie men's doubles final that will put Max Purcell/Matt Ebden up against wildcards Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios.
Preview: World number one Ashleigh Barty will look to become the first Australian woman for 44 years to win her home Grand Slam Saturday, but to do it she needs to get past a rejuvenated Danielle Collins in the form of her life.
American Collins faces a daunting task in the women's singles final on Rod Laver Arena in front of Barty's fiercely partisan Australian Open crowd. But the resurgent American is ready to tackle the top seed, and clear favourite.
Collins was in "the zone" and almost flawless as she pummelled Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek into submission in the semi-final.
Now the 28-year-old knows if she can find the same sweet spot on Saturday that she has a huge chance.
The big-hitting Collins will need to bring more than just raw power to counter the tactical nous of Barty, who has been rampant so far, winning 20 of 21 sets this year.
Collins has pushed Barty hard in their previous four matches, winning their last encounter in Adelaide 12 months ago in straight sets.
As well as feeling the weight of Collins' fearsome groundstrokes, Barty could also buckle under the expectation at her home Slam.
She is the first Australian woman into the decider in Melbourne since Wendy Turnbull in 1980 and is aiming to become the first winner since Chris O'Neil in 1978.
The two-time Grand Slam champion -- at the 2019 French Open and Wimbledon in 2021 -- appears relaxed and ready to accept the extra pressure.
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