Ashleigh Barty's rise to world No 1 comes less than five years since she took time out from tennis to play cricket in 2014. Jordan Mansfield / Getty Images
Ashleigh Barty's rise to world No 1 comes less than five years since she took time out from tennis to play cricket in 2014. Jordan Mansfield / Getty Images

Tennis

Australia's Ashleigh Barty goes from quitting tennis to becoming world No 1

Australia's first women's No 1 since Evonne Goolagong-Cawley in 1976 has endured quite a journey to the top

Agence France Presse

June 23, 2019

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