World tennis No.1 Ashleigh Barty announces retirement
Highlights:
- Australian female tennis player Ashleigh Barty has announced retirement from tennis at the age of 25 years.
- She has won three Grand Slam singles titles - the French Open in 2019, Wimbledon in 2021 and the Australian Open in 2022.
- Apart from playing tennis, she has also played semi-professional cricket during her break from tennis between 2014-2016.
- Barty is retiring after winning three major singles titles on three different surfaces - the 2019 French Open, the 2021 Wimbledon and, back in January, the Australian Open.
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