Paris (CNN)Ashleigh Barty says her favorite surface in tennis is grass. She might have to change that after beating Czech teen Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-3 to become the first Australian to win the clay-court French Open since Margaret Court in 1973. “I played the perfect match today,” Barty told the crowd. Vondrousova concurred. “I think she just gave me a lesson today,” the 19-year-old said. Read More It was a feat that almost never was, since Barty quit tennis five years ago — weighed down by expectations following a stellar junior career — and even played professional cricket before returning in 2016. “I don’t even know if I’d be sitting here talking to you if I was playing tennis if I didn’t step away,” she said. “It’s obviously a part of my life that I needed to deal with, and I feel like it was the best decision that I made at the time, and it was an even better one coming back.” The well liked 23-year-old with the big forehand and varied repertoire has been on an upward trajectory since and will rise six spots to No. 2 in the world behind another young star, 21-year-old Naomi Osaka, when…