We’re a funny country.
We laud plaudits upon our tennis stars like they’re Nobel laureates (actually, far greater than Nobel laureates) and then we sit back and gasp when it results in an ego like Nick Kyrgios.
Baffling, huh.
We’re definitely not saying Barty has an ego like Kyrgios, Tomic, Hewitt, Philippoussis…you get the idea. But it can’t be easy for the 23-year-old, fresh from her maiden singles major title, to suddenly be honoured at an awards ceremony every second week.
She deserves the credit, here’s just hoping she can handle the pressure of Australia’s sporting aspirations firmly upon her shoulders, where so many others have been unable to.
What Barty reckons
“I can’t quite believe it to be honest,” Barty said at the most recent awards night, the Women’s Health awards.
“When I look at my fellow nominees this year and people who have won the award before, I feel honoured to be a part of such an inspiring and talented group of Australians.”
What her form says
At the tournaments immediately following her French Open victory, she seemed understandably under the pressure. Wimbledon and the…
