Australian tennis great and current world number one, Ashleigh Barty has announced her retirement from the sport at just 25 years old, saying the time is right now for her to step away and chase other dreams and to put the racquets down.
On Instagram, Barty wrote that she does not have the physical drive, the emotional want and everything it takes to challenge herself at the very top level anymore.
She says she knows physically she has nothing more to give and that for her is success.
Barty is the current world No. 1 women’s singles player, just the second Australian to reach that status in the WTA rankings era after fellow Aboriginal woman Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
Barty says she wasn’t quite sure of how she was going do this.
Barty won three Grand Slam singles titles, her first a shock victory at the French Open in 2019, before winning Wimbledon in 2021 and the Australian Open earlier this year – making her the reigning champion in two of the four Grand Slams.
A humble champion, Barty was awarded the Young Australian of the Year in 2020 and has earned a host of other commendations for her work on and off the court.
[Source: Fox News]
