Carol Hartin first started playing tennis 50 years ago and grew up trying to emulate the likes of Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Bjorn Borg.
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Now the Ex-Services Tennis Club employee hopes that Ash Barty's monumental Wimbledon win can inspire the next generation of Orange players.
Barty defeated Karolna Plkov in three sets early Sunday morning, and in the process became the first Australian woman to claim the Wimbledon ladies' singles title since Goolagong Cawley did in 1980.
"The junior comp on Tuesdays is run by one of our coaches, Darren Gersbach, and he mentions Ash Barty with them and he'll probably mention her a lot more now," she said.
"There are a lot of keen young players either way, whether we have an Ash Barty or not, but kids do have a lot of other sports to choose from, but some of them choose tennis.
"Ash in the last few years has done so well, so he mentions her. He talks about Ash because of her good attitude and he tries to instil that attitude of no nonsense, no tantrums or bad sportsmanship to competitors in the juniors."
At 71 years old, Ms Hartin has lived through many a star player.
She remembers one in particular having an impact around the city.
"Bjorg, talk about a cool customer and he never showed any emotion. But then we had someone like John McEnroe come along," she said.
"He was a big influencer of men's tennis in Orange. My son was quite a good player and he was playing with the men and they were throwing their rackets and carrying on like McEnroe."
She's hoping a similar thing can happen with Barty.
"The star players can influence the behaviour, so we're hoping with Ash Barty, her good sportsmanship can be an influence for the good and not for the bad," she said.
"It's very good to have someone in tennis because it's been a while, especially in the women's game."
Barty hopes her Wimbledon triumph will create a legacy for young sporting dreamers in Australia in the same way that Goolagong Cawley's triumphs blazed a trail for her.
As she addressed the Centre Court crowd, wearing her own version of the scalloped dress that the teenage Goolagong Cawley had worn here back in 1971, Barty was moved to tears, saying: "I hope I made Evonne proud."
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