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Posted Mar 22, 2022 8:21 pm MDT
Last Updated Mar 22, 2022 at 8:30 pm MDT
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) – World No. 1-ranked Ash Barty has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25.
Barty said in an emotional video posted Wednesday on social media: “I wasn’t quite sure of how I was gonna do this. . . it’s hard to say… I’m so happy and I’m so ready. I just know at the moment in my heart for me as a person this is right. ”
The announcement comes less than two months after she won her home Australian Open, her third Grand Slam singles title.
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Dennis Passa, The Associated Press
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