News about Ashleigh Barty

Billie Jean King, a tennis legend, has admitted that Ashleigh Barty's sudden retirement last year left her 'upset,' and that players should not bow out while playing in a top sport. Barty shocked the world in March by walking away from tennis for the second time to 'chase other dreams,' less than two months after winning the Australian Open for the second time. The 79-year-old said she felt the Aussie actress had ended her career early, but she admitted that Barty's personal happiness was the primary concern.

The world No. 1 is the world No. 2. 1 Iga Swiatek has credited Ashleigh Barty with her incredible run of form, although she confessed to having mixed emotions when the Australian retired in March. When Barty walked away from the sport and argued for her position by winning the French Open and US Open, the Polish effectively ended Barty at No. 1 in the WTA rankings. Swiatek won 37 matches between February and July and made nine finals out of nine, winning eight titles in the process.

Ashleigh Barty confessed to enjoying the 'bitter edge of racial profiling' because of her Indigenous roots and admitted she may not have known about her family's origins had it not been for her dad's service. In her latest autobiography My Dream Time, which will be published on November 2, the former tennis star lifted the lid on her journey to find her roots and the vile abuse that came with it. 'I've seen glimpses and tasted the faintest bitter edge of bigotry,' Barty wrote.

Serena Williams will retire as the best women's athlete ever, but she believes she should have won '30+' grand slam titles.' Margaret Court won 24 of them, but claimed many more before the Open Championships in 1968 began.