Drought-breaker and former world No.1 Ash Barty is encouraging Alex de Minaur to enjoy the moment as he chases his own hoodooing-busting Australian Open win.
The news of Ash Barty becoming the mother of a baby boy has overjoyed her old rivals at Wimbledon - and they hope she will one day return as a tennis 'supermum'.
She's still only 26, but blissfully retired tennis great Ash Barty has emphatically ruled out ever making a comeback or launching a career in another sport.
Justin Langer was a fly-in, fly-out star of the eighth edition of Neale Daniher's Big Freeze, which returned to the MCG for the first time in three years.
Ash Barty was overjoyed by the surprise appearances of fellow Indigenous idols Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Cathy Freeman to share in the celebration of her famous Australian Open triumph.
Ash Barty has delivered another serving masterclass to sweep past Madison Keys in straight sets and become the first home hope to reach the Australian Open women's singles final in 42 years.
