The retired former world No 1 is enjoying life at home while she puts the final touches to her foundation, which will have a focus on Indigenous communities
As Ash Barty surveyed Melbourne Park on Monday, a relatively new jewel at the nation’s home of tennis stood out as completely foreign to the reigning Australian Open champion. Shivering slightly in the shade at the scene of her drought-breaking triumph in January, the former world No 1 marvelled at how spectacular the site looked when completely empty.
The “people’s court” in particular caught the eye of Barty who, for the record, misses some aspects of the tennis tour but not enough to ever consider a professional comeback.