From the perspective of Australian tennis I'm devastated by this news. Ash could have gone on to inspire 1000s of young Australian kids to get into the sport of tennis over many years. She had that potential. We all have our own life to live but Ash could have gone on to win more slams and inspire lots of Aussie kids to play tennis. For this I'm feeling disappointed.
Ash is an incredibly hard working, humble, respectful person who has achieved great things. She is the best tennis player we've had since I've been around.
There was something about her reaction when winning in Melbourne in January that may have been a clue as to this coming. We hadn't really seen her respond in that way after winning her other two slams.
Ash is an incredibly hard working, humble, respectful person who has achieved great things. She is the best tennis player we've had since I've been around.
There was something about her reaction when winning in Melbourne in January that may have been a clue as to this coming. We hadn't really seen her respond in that way after winning her other two slams.