World Number 1 Tennis Champion Ash Barty Retires From Professional Tennis

World Number 1 Tennis Champion Ash Barty Retires From Professional Tennis
Ashleigh Barty of Australia celebrates after winning her Ladies' Singles Final match at Wimbledon 2021 in London, England on July 10, 2021. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
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Australian tennis star and world number one, Ash Barty, made a shock announcement on Wednesday that she is retiring from professional tennis.

In a video posted on Instagram, the three-time grand slam winner told her friend Casey Dellacqua, also a retired professional player, that this is the first time she has said it out loud.

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