World No 1 Ash Barty announces shock retirement from tennis in Instagram post

World No 1 tennis player Ash Barty has stunned the tennis world by announcing her retirement from the sport at the age of 25. She made the announcement during an emotional interview with fellow Australian tennis player Casey Dellacqua, which she shared on Instagram. 'I’m so grateful to everything tennis has given me. It’s given me all of my dreams plus more', Barty said. 'But I know that the time is right for me to step away and chase other dreams and to put the racquets down' Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube and hit the bell to see new videos ► http://bit.ly/gdnaustraliasubs World No 1 Ash Barty announces shock retirement from tennis at 25 ► https://www.theguardian.com/sport/202... Ash Barty on why she’ll ‘never stop loving tennis’ and why she had to retire ► https://www.theguardian.com/sport/202... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Website ► https://theguardian.com/au Facebook ►   / theguardianaustralia   Instagram ►   / guardianaustralia   Twitter ►   / guardianaus   TikTok ►   / guardianaustralia   LinkedIn ►   / guardianaustralia   #guardianaustralia #news #breakingnews #theguardian