Ash Barty announces shock retirement from tennis at 25

theguardian.com

5 points·auggierose··6 comments

Why am I posting this? This is an athlete at the absolute top of her game, deciding there are other things more important to her now that she has achieved all her tennis dreams. It's a magnificent video to watch.

well, this is the second time i am seeing this piece of news so i had to read the write-up and look up the person.

it's not really surprising.

she said she has nothing more to give and can't best herself. which is understandable. also, she has been playing since age 4. 21 years is much more than many people's professional careers. and also, one of the troubles with starting too early.

anyways, she needs a break or something. or a friendly rival to motivate her again. she will be back.

It is a very rational decision, and with hind-sight, I don't think it is very surprising, either. It is just a pleasure to see people making level-headed, rational, good decisions.

Of course it’s surprising. How many other elite athletes can you name that retired at (or more likely, before) their physical and competitive peak?

It doesn’t appear irrational either, but it’s certainly far from the norm.

F1 driver Nico Rosberg. He beat his teammate Lewis Hamilton (7 times F1 WDC) to the 2016 title.

It took a phenomenal effort on his part to achieve it in terms of training, focus, and mental toughness at the cost of his family life to do it - he announced his retirement 5 days after winning the title.

Lewis is still competing and so is Alonso and Vettel who have won multiple titles.

again. she will come back, as last time. not too worried.

wonder how long the new #1 Iga Swiatek will last at the top. she never had the slightest chance against Ash, but she can beat everybody else at ease.

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