Three-time grand slam winner and current World No. 1 Ash Barty announced on Tuesday that she is retiring from tennis after a nearly 12-year career.
The 25-year-old Australian shared that she knew the time was right to retire and follow her other dreams after she won the Australian Open back in January.
The tennis world reacted to Barty’s announcement that she is putting “the rackets down.”
Various tennis players praised Barty for her incredible tennis career, in which she has won 15 titles in singles, along with sharing sadness for the young player to be leaving the sport so soon.