Captained by two-time Masters champion and former World No. 1 Ernie Els, Barty will join a roster of sports stars in the Icons Series debut in the US, a 10-hole team match play tournament that runs from June 30 to July 1. will take place in New Jersey.
In a video explaining her decision to retire from tennis at age 25, Barty said she had “a shift in perspective in me in the second phase of my career, that my happiness wasn’t dependent on the results, and success for me.” me is knowing that I have given absolutely everything I can.”
“I know how much work it takes to get the best out of yourself. I’ve said it to my team several times, but I don’t have that in me anymore,” said Barty in March when she retired.
“I no longer have the physical drive, the emotional need and everything it takes to challenge yourself at the top of the level, and I just know I’m exhausted. I just know physically, I have nothing left to give That’s success for me,” she said.
She added that she had been thinking about retirement “for a long time” and the decision was cemented after winning Wimbledon last year and this year’s Australian Open.
Those wins were “my perfect way to celebrate what an amazing journey my tennis career has been,” she said.
Barty has won three major singles titles: the 2019 French Open, the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and the Australian Open in 2022.
In total, she won 15 singles titles and 12 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, becoming the first Australian to win the Australian Open singles title since 1978.
But Barty’s amazing talents aren’t just limited to the tennis court – she also played professional cricket for the Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League.
She is also an avid golfer – something she is now going to focus more on.
In 2020, Barty won the Women’s Championship at Brookwater Golf Club near Brisbane and 15-time major winner Tiger Woods reportedly once described her as having a “great swing”.
DailyExpertNews’s Matias Grez and Jessie Yeung reported.
