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Barty said in a video posted via social media: “I wasn’t quite sure of how I was gonna do this . . . it’s hard to say. I’m so happy and I’m so ready. I just know at the moment in my heart for me as a person this is right.”
“I’m so grateful for what tennis has given me. But I know the time is right for me to step away and chase other dreams,” she added.
The Australian further referenced that he had been thinking about retirement for a “long time,” adding that the success in Wimbledon in 2021 incited her to think about delaying it.
In the post, Barty further referenced that she will likewise be holding a press conference to speak exhaustively about her choice to retire.
Yet, her shocking retirement announcement, coming with the tour going all out and after her most recent victory in Melbourne, is obviously a choice that she has considered at lenght and from a place of solidarity.
She is the first women’s player to retire while on top of the singles rankings since the Belgian star Justine Henin suddenly announced her retirement in May 2008.
Henin, as Barty, was only 25 years of age and the defending champ at two Grand Slam competitions: the French Open and the U.S. Open for Henin’s situation. Henin later got back to the visit in 2010, despite the fact that she never brought home another major title.
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