Former tennis world No.1 Ash Barty has revealed details of her new off-court career as the author of a series of children's books.
“[Tennis has] given me all of my dreams plus more, but I know that the time is right now for me to step away and chase other dreams and to put the racquets down,” she said at the time. Barty made her bombshell retirement announcement on March 23, when she said her tennis retirement plans were set before having “one last crack” and marching to a dominant Australian Open title in January. “It’s the day of the tennis tournament and Ash is so excited to compete,” an excerpt on the publisher’s website reads.
The Australian decided to call time on her tennis career at the age of 25 last month.
“Lucy was my North Star,” Barty said, referring to her five-year-old niece. “I just love the fact she tells me what she thinks and what she feels and how she feels when she is reading a book. After retiring from professional tennis, former world No.1 Ashleigh Barty is set to open a new chapter in her life with the release of a series of children’s books later this year.
Aussie superstar Ash Barty has announced her next career move and it's shocked fans. Barty has confirmed she will be producing a series of children's books ...
When the tennis superstar announced she was retiring from Professional Tennis, she told fans she has her eyes set on big goals in 2022. Barty says her five year -old niece Lucy is a major inspiration behind the book series. When she announced she was retiring from Professional Tennis at the top of her career, the 25-year-old told fans she has her eyes set on big goals in 2022.
Sporting superstar Ash Barty is quite literally turning a page in her professional life after revealing she is set to produce a series of children's books ...
Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way, I’ll always be grateful for the lifelong memories that we created together,” she said. “I wasn’t sure how to share this news with you so I asked my good friend @caseydellacqua to help me. Being able to read it to her will be great and to go up to readings to kids in rural areas is something I want to be really hands on with.’’ But she must have played and missed less than five times, if at all, throughout that session,” Richards said. She’s the best golfer in the house,” he said. Following weeks of speculation as to what the former No. 1’s next career move would be, Barty has confirmed to The Courier Mail that her six-book Little Ash series will be available to purchase in July 2022.
Ashleigh Barty is taking up a new challenge and it has nothing to do with playing professional sport as the three-time Grand Slam winner is to release of a ...
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Australian sporting legend, Ash Barty, has announced her next move following her retirement from tennis. The retired professional will write a series of ...
The three-time Grand Slam champion will also work with publishing house HarperCollins to write her memoir. Being able to read it to her will be great and to go up to readings to kids in rural areas is something I want to be really hands on with.’’ Ash also has plans to visit rural communities and read the book to “remind a generation of readers…
Following her bombshell retirement from professional tennis, Ash Barty has announced her first career move, and it's one nobody would have predicted. The Aussie ...
Will Ash arrive in time for her big match?" "Lucy was my north star. "It's the day of the tennis tournament and Ash is so excited to compete," a blurb on the publisher's website reads.
Following the shock retirement of Ash Barty, Ajla Tomljanovic unexpectedly became Australia's best hope in women's tennis moving forward.
I hope she sticks around in other areas of tennis just so that we can still feel her spirit." "I appreciate how unique her path was and she always did exactly what she felt. "It was very emotional," she said.