"Miss to see you around mate": Barty's book leaves Garcia inspired but also missing former World No.1 on tour

Ashleigh Barty continues to inspire people even a year after her retirement with Caroline Garcia publicly thanking her and praising her for her book.

Ashleigh Barty did not have a long tennis career but she had a really fruitful one. She finished the last three years of her career as number one, won a couple of grand slams including Wimbledon and retired as the world number one. It doesn't get much better than that and she explained in detail how it all came to be in her autobiography which was published in November of last year.

Caroline Garcia took to Twitter to praise Barty and thank her for inspiring her through the book. She also noted that she missed her around the Tour which is something many admitted as well:

"Thank you @ashbarty for sharing your tennis life. Being so honest and open about the struggles and great successes you went through. An inspiration. Miss to see you around mate."