Ash Barty lands Wimbledon job she said she’d ‘never’ want
Aussie tennis legend Ash Barty is returning to Wimbledon in 2024 in a role that not even the three-time grand slam winner saw coming.
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Aussie legend Ash Barty is set for a return to Wimbledon this year, but not in the way the tennis world had hoped for.
Barty shocked the world in 2022 when, at the age of 25 and having been the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, retired from competitive tennis.
At the time, minus 20 weeks where the rankings were frozen due to Covid, Barty had reigned as world No. 1 for 116 weeks.
Since then, the tennis world has been clamouring for a return for the superstar to the court, something Barty has refused every time of asking.
Since her retirement, Barty married her long-term partner Garry Kissick and the pair welcomed baby Hayden in July 2023.
Barty has also kept busy, writing books, playing certain golf tournaments around the world and seemingly enjoying the spoils of her hard work at the top of the tennis world.
But Barty has seemingly backflipped on her decision to enter the commentary box, having been announced as part of the BBC’s team for Wimbledon.
During the Summer of Sport event in London, BBC’s content boss Charlotte Moore revealed Barty would be joining Nick Kyrgios and former Aussie Wimbledon champ Pat Cash for the tournament.
“A host of Wimbledon champions will be joining the studio,” Moore said.
