The 37-year-old tennis player wore a sheer white jacket over her ensemble as she stepped out onto the court at the second day of Wimbledon in London.

Barty, chasing back-to-back grand slams following her French Open success last month, beat the Belgian 6-1 6-3 to advance to the third round on Thursday.

Ash Barty took less than an hour to defeat Alison Van Uytvanck at Wimbledon on Thursday and addressed a snub from Serena Williams made earlier during a press conference.

The American made light work of her Spanish opponent to reach the quarter-finals on Tuesday, progressing with a 6-2, 6-2 victory on Court One. She will now play fellow American Alison Riske.

Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams takes on Simona Halep in the women's singles final today. Sportsmail's Jordan Seward will provide live coverage of the Williams vs Halep's final clash.

JOHN LLOYD - ANALYSIS: The Djokovic serve is underrated. I can remember when he was having some injury problems and tried to tinker with it.

Ashleigh Barty is poised to crown her phenomenal season by becoming the first Australian woman to ever top the year-ending tennis rankings.

The American, who became the youngest player to reach a WTA final since Czech Nicole Vaidisova in 2004, overcame 2017 French Open champion 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the final.

The touching moment where Coco Gauff's father delivers a rousing courtside speech moments before her maiden WTA title has been revealed.

Ashleigh Barty's coach can pinpoint the moment when the Australian morphed from good to a great.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MIKE DICKSON: Like many successful tennis players, Kevin Krawietz is used to receiving decent customer service.

AOC's glib, sneering tweet struck me as particularly inappropriate given that she is herself arguably the least 'qualified' member of the House of Representatives in US political history.

A coach carrying the travelling press pack drove into the jet's wing after the Prime Minister touched down in Victoria, British Columbia for the first rally of his tour on Wednesday night.

Justin Trudeau was dragged on social media by both conservative and liberal pundits after three different instances surfaced of him donning blackface as recently as 2001.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they plan to split their time between the United Kingdom and North America after they step back from senior roles in Britain's Royal Family.

Insisting 'the best British experts' should be involved in the investigation into the incident in Tehran, Boris Johnson said last night: 'The loss of life is a tragedy.

Social media users compared a picture appearing to show Trump with strong fake tan lines with everything from the movie Cats to Mrs. Doubtfire to Justin Trudeau in blackface.

Nigel Farage claimed he wanted to 'fight a general election' alongside the Tories. The Brexit Party leader has been in the north east of England today on a conference tour.

He lashed out at the opposition leader in his the conference debut as a Liberal Democrat in Bournemouth, and branded Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage 'peddlers of hate and division.

HENRY DEEDES: Momentary bamboozlement over in the European Parliament today. Nigel Farage was up on his high hooves and had just uttered an unfamiliar word.

Nigel Farage (pictured) had been receiving calls on his LBC radio show. Caller Mark spoke about Britain and Europe before poking fun at the Brexit Party leader.

Nigel Farage told the Brexit Party rally in Wales: 'Once Brexit is done, we will take the knife to the pen pushers in Whitehall.' Alliance Party MEP Naomi Long called police to investigate.

There is growing confidence Boris Johnson (pictured) can avoid being put to the sword by Nigel Farage's Brexit Party if he cannot honour his 'do or die' pledge for the UK to leave by October 31.

Nigel Farage plans to run as MP in Thurrock after failed attempts to enter Parliament - and says he will choose his seat 'late in the day'.Tory strategists fear he is main barrier to a Johnson win in Election.

The US President said he had watched interviews of the Duchess of Sussex complaining about her treatment from the tabloid Press and realised she had taken the criticism 'very personally'.

An audit by the Daily Mail found Boris Johnson could miss out in almost 90 battleground constituencies if the pro-Brexit vote is split between the Tories and the Brexit Party.

Arron Banks, who campaigned with Mr Farage as part of Leave.EU during the 2016 referendum, said that the Brexit Party leader was risking the entire project by splitting the Tory vote.

At a glitzy election launch in Westminster, Nigel Farage vowed to take on the 'two tribes' of the Conservatives and Labour who had forgotten what they promisd in the 2016 referendum.

Boris Johnson faces a double threat to his election hopes after new polls show a Labour bounce while the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and the Greens are forming a pact to thwart him.

The list comes after Collins Dictionary named Brexit its word of the year for 2016. A Collins language consultant said that Brexit had been 'quite generous in its gifts to the English language'.

Judges at the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the now-defunct Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe does not have to repay almost £150,000 in funds it was given in 2016.

Jo Swinson joins the likes of Nigel Farage, Theresa May, Zac Goldsmith and Ed Miliband who have been caught awkwardly tucking into food on the campaign trail.

Mr Farage (pictured) is expected be one of the 'leaders or senior figures' from the major UK parties in a seven-way debate and is also being lined up for a 30-minute Question Time special.

Boris Johnson and the Tories are at 'greater risk than Labour' of losing votes to Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party on December 12, according to polling guru Sir John Curtice.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said he will have candidates in more than 600 constituencies unless Boris Johnson agrees to go for a No Deal Brexit.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Farage now accepts that the only way we're going to escape the suffocating embrace of the European Union is by electing a Conservative government led by Boris Johnson.

PROFESSOR PHILIP COWLEY: Putting technicalities to one side for a moment, perhaps the most significant effect of yesterday's announcement is on what electoral strategists call 'optics'.

Sir John Curtice, a professor at Strathclyde University, said the election is a 'binary choice' between Boris Johnson and his Brexit deal or a second referendum under Jeremy Corbyn.

Nigel Farage said there was 'only one winner' from tonight's televised showdown between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn - and it was ITV host Julie Etchingham.

Loyal supporters of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are more likely to agree with statements deemed to be anti-Semitic than supporters of other political leaders, a poll has revealed.

Nigel Farage has warned UK politicians not to demonise Donald Trump as he claimed it would be a 'great mistake' to alienate the US President who is set to visit Britain for a Nato summit.

Brexit Party voters could 'throw away Brexit for ever' unless they vote Tories, a YouGov poll shows. Nigel Farage's party is expected to help Labour keep 26 seats and will split vote in key marginals.

DANIEL HANNAN: What a difference an election victory makes. Suddenly, everyone is rushing to be Boris's friend. Those Conservatives who spent years fulminating against him are now praising him.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party, is planning an event in Parliament Square on January 31 to mark the UK's exit from the EU. Up to 10,000 Leave supporters are expected at the event.

Nigel Farage today said he will be mothballing the Brexit Party so that he can bring it back if Boris Johnson makes a 'mess' of the UK's departure from the European Union.

Frankly, I can think of few more pleasing things to do than batter Alastair Campbell to a pulp for the delectation of the British public. But my sons weren't so keen

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told a Channel 4 documentary he believed Dominic Cummings was behind persuading Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to form a Leave alliance.

Parliament vice-president Mairead McGuinness switched off Mr Farage's microphone as he was finishing his address as she told the party's MEPs to 'put your flags away, you are leaving'.

The Brexit Party leader claimed the 'Establishment' had done everything it possibly could to make the event in Parliament Square a 'damp squib'.

A bullish Nigel Farage proclaimed it 'looks like we are still winning' after he watched his friend and ally Donald Trump deliver a divisive State of the Union speech in Washington.