Morning mail: Sydney Covid crackdown, Barty reaches Wimbledon final, Haiti reels

Friday: western Sydney residents feel scapegoated' amid police crackdown. Plus: Tokyo Olympics bans spectators

Good morning. Western Sydney residents say they are being scapegoated" as New South Wales police announced a major compliance crackdown, including 100 extra officers and mounted police. Cumberland City councillor Kun Huang argued the police operation was harsher on the western suburbs than it had been in more affluent parts of Sydney. NSW recorded 38 new local Covid cases on Thursday - the highest daily number since the Sydney outbreak began. Of those 20 people were in the community for part or all of their infectious period. Gladys Berejiklian, said the daily case numbers were too high" but that it was still achievable" for the lockdown to end next Friday, assuming everybody does the right thing". Meanwhile, the Therapeutic Goods Administration said the death of a woman from a very rare blood clotting condition was likely" linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine - Australia's third death related to the shot.

Ash Barty has produced one of the highest quality big-match performances of her career, outplaying the former champion Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6 (3) to reach her first Wimbledon final. Barty loves grass. She won the girls' title here as a 15-year-old a decade ago, has a game that is perfectly suited to the fast, low bounce and has frequently said she spends much of the season counting down the days until the grass arrives again. While Barty tends to be wary of revealing too many of her ambitions, before this tournament she made it clear that winning the title was an ultimate goal.