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"I couldn't stop crying": Iga Swiatek was left 'confused' and 'shocked' by sudden retirement of Ashleigh Barty at age 25
WTASaturday, 23 December 2023 at 03:30
Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek revealed that she cried after
the news of the retirement of the former world number one Ash Barty.
The Australian tennis star announced a surprising retirement
earlier in 2023 despite ageing just 26. Swiatek, who is the current world
number one in the women’s singles category, talked about how she felt after
hearing the news.
“I was sobbing. I couldn’t stop crying,” she said while
expressing her feelings after hearing the news of Barty’s retirement. “It might
sound strange, but I was so confused and shocked that Ash was 25, and she was
retiring.
“There was some confusion about what was going to happen
because I had only been world No 2 for three days. I always had this image in
my mind that you retire when you’re 32, and your body can’t cope anymore. I
also felt like Ash has the best tennis out there, hands down. I couldn’t wrap
my head around it. I didn’t know if she was unhappy or something.”
Barty finished her career after winning three major titles.
Her maiden title was the French Open in 2019 when she defeated Czech Republic’s
Marketa Vondrousova in the final with a score of 6-1, 6-3.
In 2021, the Queenland-born clinched the Wimbledon title after
beating Karolina Pliskova in the final with a score of 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3. In
2022, Barty defeated America’s Danielle Collins in the final with a score of
6-3, 7-6 to win the Australian Open.
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