 Welcome back to tennis talk my name's Cam Williams and world number one Ash Barty has retired from tennis And this is not just retired from tennis in the next couple weeks or over the next couple months She is done for good. Let's go have a read of her statement This is what Barty had to say over on Instagram today is difficult and filled with emotion for me as I announced my retirement from tennis I wasn't sure how to share this news with you. So I asked my good friend Casey Delacqua to help me I am so thankful for everything this sport has given me and leave feeling proud and fulfilled Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way I'll always be grateful for the lifelong memories that we created together. See you have it Barty retiring out of nowhere It's I mean as an Australian. It's a huge shock to me and it's Really sad. It's a sad day for Australian tennis of sad day to see Barty go because she's such a great champion She's only 26 years old as well. So we don't know exactly why she's not going to go on with tennis We don't you know, she'll find out tomorrow. I guess in her press conference, but Yeah, she's won three of the four slams, you know, most of us, especially Australians were thinking she could win all four slams Go down as one of the great players of in the history of the game one of the legends of the game and she retires So we have a new world number one. I guess we can talk about that. But yeah, Barty is out of Tennis she's done. She retires. Let me know down in the comments below. What's your favorite Barty moment? I think for me personally winning the Australian Open in January was my favorite moment for Barty because it's a big moment for Australians to win the Australian Open. It's not happened for such a long time, but let me know down in the comments below What is your favorite Barty moment?