Ashleigh Barty is preparing to play in her first ever grand slam semi-final at the French Open, and a win will take her a step closer to creating history.
If she wins the women's singles French Open title on Saturday, the world No.8 will become the first Indigenous Australian to do so since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1971.
"She's got so much more confidence now than I've ever seen and seems to be really enjoying it out there ... the world's her oyster." Success in Paris would also see her become the first Australian since Margaret Court in 1973 to win at Roland Garros and the first Indigenous Australian since Goolagong Cawley in 1971.
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