Why the queen of tennis has retired: The aboriginal spirit, the year in cricket and Ash Barty's 'normal person's life'

In the

house (Queensland,

, 1996) they played golf and read books.

Her father, the son of an aborigine, and her mother, the daughter of English immigrants, forever marked the adolescence and life of what until today was the queen of world tennis.

At

and after two years at the top of the

, the woman who has dominated the racket world after the

leaves him, tired and unmotivated.

From the outside, strange.

From within, the logical step for a woman who wants to enjoy her "

" after having won everything she wanted to win.

Roland Garros

, his first major title,

, his dream, and the

, at his home, have been enough to get him off the courts and to focus on the day-to-day life of his family and those around him, with the awareness social ever present.

"I no longer have the physical strength, the emotional drive, or everything else it takes to challenge yourself at the highest level.

," she explained.

The same enthusiasm that was missing in 2014, when he turned away from professional tennis at the

to play cricket in his country.

What led a national promise to leave everything to play a sport that he had never trained?: "

", he answered at the time.

"Everything happened too fast for me, I traveled a lot from a very young age and I wanted to live the life of a normal teenager, experience the normal things of everyday life."

That "personal life" that has now pushed him to leave him again.

"

. Now I have other dreams that do not involve traveling around the world, being away from my family and my home. I want to enjoy the next stage of my life as a person, not as an athlete," he summarized.

The aborigines of Ngaragu

A life deeply linked to its aboriginal origins.

Her grandmother was part of the Ngaragu, a people who settled in the south of

, and she has fought all these years so that her story is known.

"

, very proud to be an indigenous woman. I carry it in my heart. It is an honor for me. It is my way of being connected to the land, of

of Australia."

Barty grew up in Springfield, a suburb of

,

, and began playing tennis at the age of four, hitting the outside wall of his house whenever he finished school.

She would later win the junior title at Wimbledon and her jump to professionalism, her first retirement, her return a year later to win her

and jump to

in the blink of an eye. .

.

And from the elite, again, to the most desired nothing.

"The last year

.

Working all your life for a specific goal.

Winning Wimbledon, which was my biggest dream in tennis, changed my point of view.

After Wimbledon I started to get this feeling, but I wasn't entirely satisfied.

Then came the challenge of the Australian Open.

I think it's the perfect way to celebrate the incredible journey of my sports career.

I want to pursue other dreams that I always wanted to do."

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