Olympics: Barty excited for 'spine tingling' Games debut in Tokyo


FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Premier 5 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 13, 2021 Australia's Ashleigh Barty in action during her third round match against Russia's Veronika Kudermetova REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

(Reuters) - Winning a Grand Slam is the ultimate goal for most tennis players but Ash Barty says there is no greater honour than representing your country and the world number one sees the Olympic Games as the pinnacle of sport.

Barty, the 2019 French Open champion, cannot wait to pull on Australia's green and gold colours when the Tokyo Games begin in July after the event was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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