Exciting tennis prodigy Ashleigh Barty made a brilliant Fed Cup singles debut as Australia defeated Switzerland to retain their place in the top-tier World Group.

Ashleigh Barty's winning run in Malaysia has come to an end with the Aussie teen taught a tennis lesson by No.3 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

The fairytale run of Australian wildcards Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua has come to an end.

On Friday, Australian veteran Casey Dellacqua and teenage Ashleigh Barty will take to the court together in the final of the women’s doubles.

Teenager Ashleigh Barty will be the youngest Australian Federation Cup player since Jelena Dokic in 1998.

Australian duo Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua have booked their place in the Australian Open women's doubles final.

Australian duo Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty have marched into a doubles Grand Slam quarterfinal today

Friday saw the Aussies in all forms of doubles action at Melbourne Park with the upset of the day produced by veteran Casey Dellacqua and young gun Ashleigh Barty.

Women’s 15th seed Dominika Cibulkova overcame the stern challenge of 16-year-old Australian prodigy Ashleigh Barty.

Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty has vowed to grip it and rip it in her bid to cause the first big upset of the Australian Open on Monday.