Former tennis world No.1 Ash Barty has ruled out a return to the court - and a move into another professional sport.
Barty shocked the world of tennis when she announced her retirement from the game in March, aged just 25. The Australian star cited the pursuit of other life goals and a lack of drive as the key reasons behind her surprise decision. The former French Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open winner had spent 121 weeks as the dominant no.1 in the rankings and had completed her home Grand Slam dream in Melbourne just weeks before she stepped away from the sport.
Barty turned professional aged just 14 and won 15 titles in a storied career that will go down as one of the greatest, despite its early curtailment, with Grand Slam victories on clay, grass and hard courts.
