Australia’s humble champion spent 121 weeks as world No 1, crowning her Wimbledon win with an Australian Open trophy
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Wednesday’s bombshell was not the first time Barty has called time on her tennis career – she did likewise after the US Open in 2014, saying the rigours of the professional tour meant she had missed out on the kind of life a normal teenager enjoys.