The Latest Breaking News from Danielle Collins

The shocking news of top-ranked Ash Barty’s retirement from tennis at age 25, just two months after winning the Australian Open on her home soil, reverberated 10,000 miles away at the Miami Open on Wednesday.

Ash Barty's decision to step away from tennis at the peak of her powers came as a shock, but it's the right call to retire on her terms, writes Russell Jackson.

Barty’s victory over Danielle Collins attracted peak viewing figures of 4.2million people in Australia

The tournament has ended, but the story goes on. Danielle Collins is not the Australian Open champion — Ash Barty beat her 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) early Saturday morning — but that’s just a minor plot twist. It arrives somewhere after the struggle but shortly before the breakthrough.

The 25-year-old defeated American Danielle Collins to become first Australian woman to win her home tournament since 1978.

The world number one defeated Danielle Collins 6-3 7-6 (2) to win her third grand-slam title

Throwing off the burden of 44 years of history with a little help from the crowd, Ash Barty rose to the occasion in the Australian Open final

Newly crowned Australian Open champion Ash Barty inverts the cliches of the nation's sporting psyche: she never stops smiling, yet her rivals fear her, writes Russell Jackson.

Barty, the world number one, beat American Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) to send Australia into delirium.