Ashleigh Barty manages a feat: At the age of 25, she ends her career in a self-determined manner – out of a moment of strength, as the world number one. And not from a moment of weakness.
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Gerald Kleffmann
January 2023 marks the anniversary of perhaps the most extraordinary retirement from the world of tennis. It will then be 40 years since Bjorn Borg was in the newspaper battle post provided information about his feelings. “I can’t give 100 percent,” said the Swede at the time: “Tennis should be fun when you’re on your way to the top, but I don’t feel it anymore, so I’m quitting.” It was words that shocked the industry.