Watch the Australian Open with live streams of every court at 9Now. Click here to start watching!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n It was a dominant all-round performance from Barty, with her only hiccup coming in the second set when she was serving for the match, while up a double break.<\/p>\n Rogers showed some resistance by finding a way to claim one break back, but it was just a brief speed hump for the local hope who served out the match at her second attempt.<\/p>\n Asked about her team after the match, Barty gave a heartwarming tribute, praising them for making the ultimate sacrifice by putting her career ahead of theirs.<\/p>\n "They're my family," she told Nine during her on-court interview.<\/p>\n "They're with me so many days of the year and so many weeks of the year.<\/p>\n "We go through the highs together, we go through the lows together and all the hard work in between.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/brett_graham\/status\/1361245339936677889?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n "I'm so appreciative of them, that they've sacrificed so much time and energy to put into my career and chase our goals and dreams.<\/p>\n "Most of all, we have fun doing it. There's a lot of laughter, there's a lot of love."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Barty](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/02\/342923\/pickerImage.jpg\")
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