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A look back at the career of former world number one Ash Barty, who turns 30 on April 24.
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00:00I just knew that for me the time was right
00:02I'd given absolutely everything that I could to this sport
00:05You don't have to follow the same path that everyone else has done
00:09and yeah look let's hope the next generation is as talented as Zaf
00:18I enjoy every opportunity that I get
00:20enjoy every occasion
00:21and take every moment for what it is
00:23I think I'm really lucky that I get to be able to experience things that I've always dream
00:28t of
00:29I love playing tennis, I love this sport
00:31and it's created so many opportunities for me
00:33and I'm really grateful for that
00:34She made me proud from the first time I saw Ash
00:38and she must have been about 13
00:40and she was playing at the Australian Open
00:42and we saw one whole point
00:44she did the slice, the volley, the smash
00:48everything in one game
00:49and we both just looked at each other and said
00:51Oh she's got it, she's going to be our next champion
00:54so look at her now
01:02I'm just trying to be me
01:03I'm just trying to be who I can be
01:05That's the only person I can be
01:07and I think
01:08I just try and live by the values
01:10that my mum and dad instilled in me from a young age
01:20After Wimbledon my perspective changed a lot
01:22and there was this beautiful challenge of trying to play the Australian Open
01:26and trying to win an Australian Open
01:28which was always another goal of mine
01:30and to do that as a team
01:32and to do that with the people that meant so much to me
01:34was incredible
01:34so it was just
01:35there is no perfect way
01:37there is no perfect timing
01:38but this was our perfect way
01:39and it was a great finish
01:41ใed
01:43you may result in the 1986
01:43so it was hundredley
01:45and i wanted to do that
01:46and
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