Nottingham title earns Aussie teenager Wimbledon spot
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Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty has been handed a Wimbledon women's singles main draw wildcard after winning the $50,000 grasscourt warm-up event in Nottingham over the weekend, Tennis Australia said on Monday.
The 16-year-old Queenslander beat Tatjana Malek 6-1 6-1 in the final in the East Midlands of England on Sunday, albeit after the German world number 149 had been forced to play her semi-final earlier in the day.
Barty had already been awarded a place in qualifying at the All England Club after winning the girls' junior title at Wimbledon last year.
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She made her senior grand slam debut at the Australian Open earlier this year and also received a wildcard for the French Open but lost in the first round on both occasions.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney; Editing by John O'Brien)