Three-time Grand Slam winner
Ashleigh Barty met with the
former Australia’s number one Casey Dellacqua.
The 38-year-old posted a picture on her official account on the social media platform Instagram where she can be seen standing alongside the
27-year-old, her husband Garry Kissick and their baby son Hayden.
Barty surprisingly decided to retire from the sport despite
not even turning 30 in early 2023. She ended her career by winning three major
titles. Her first major title was the French Open in 2019 where she defeated
Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets with a score of 6-1, 6-3.
Barty, who also became the world number one in 2019, then
went on to win Wimbledon in 2021 after beating Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova
with a score of 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3. In 2022, the Ipswich-born won the
Australian Open after getting the better of America’s Danielle Collins with a
score of 6–3, 7–6.
On the other hand, Dellacqua retired in 2018 after
struggling with fitness concerns. She did not have a great record while playing
in the singles category where she never managed to play in the quarterfinal or
beyond in any of the Grand Slams.
However, in the doubles category, Dellacqua played in the final
of all four Grand Slams but unfortunately, on every occasion, she ended on the
losing side.
