It’s no coincidence that since Ash Barty’s retirement, Australia has relapsed to its position on the back courts of world tennis.
Australian tennis star Ash Barty has announced the arrival of her first child, a baby boy named Hayden.
It’s no coincidence that since Ash Barty’s retirement, Australia has relapsed to its position on the back courts of world tennis.
That’s because Barty was the most inspiring thing to happen to Aussie tennis since Pat Rafter’s Bonds shoot- and in her absence, the game has hit the skids.
Unlike many of her contemporaries, Barty was charming, humble, and for the most part, the only Aussie in the second week of a Grand Slam who wasn’t on Contiki tour.
Witnessing her magnificent career and its fitting culmination – an Australian Open title chased with a stubby on live TV – had us reliving the glory of the golden years and forgetting the…