MOSCOW, Mar 24 World No. 1 Australian Ashleigh Barty announced the end of career, will be excluded from the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) after its next update, the WTA press service reports on its Twitter page. Barty announced her retirement on Wednesday at the age of 25, explaining her decision by the lack of emotional fuse to continue performing the highest level. The next update of the WTA ranking will take place on Monday, April 4 after the end of the WTA-1000 series tournament in Miami, USA. .Australian is on the first line in the WTA rankings with 7980 points. The second place in the ranking is occupied by the Polish woman Iga Sventek (5776 points), the third is the Greek Maria Sakkari (5085). During her career, Barty won 15 WTA titles. At the Grand Slam tournaments, the Australian won the Australian Open (2022) and France (2019), as well as Wimbledon (2021). In doubles, she became the best at the US Open (2018), at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon reached the final.
