As far as “secrets to my success” tales go, Ashleigh Barty’s is pretty special.
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 8, 2019. Australia's Ashleigh Barty celebrates with the trophy after winning the final against Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic. REUTERS/Benoit TessierThere was the dedication to success, the willingness to live a peripatetic lifestyle, flitting from country to country, rarely settling anywhere for long. A sacrifice of normal life.
“It’s obviously a part of my life that I needed to deal with, and I feel like it was the best decision that I made at the time, and it was an even better one coming back.”Having ended 2011 as the world’s second-ranked junior, she played as a professional for three years, with little big-time success. Her Grand Slam record in those three years was seven first-round losses, and three two second-round defeats.
“They accepted me, and they got to know Ash Barty. I still have those relationships to this very day. But while the camaraderie of team sport soothed something in her psyche, the cut and thrust of individual competition was something she missed.
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