Ash Barty has admitted she felt like a “robot” as she opened up on her battles with depression before her shock decision to quit tennis.
The tennis star walked away from the sport back in March this year one month before her 26th birthday. At the time she had been ranked No.1 in the world, holding it for 114 consecutive weeks.
Just two months before her retirement announcement she had stormed to victory at her home Grand Slam, the Australian Open, and her reign as No.1 is the fourth-longest streak in the history of the WTA Tour.
