Ashleigh Barty has set her sights on becoming the next world number one after winning her first grand slam singles title at the French Open. She said: “Being number two in the world is incredible. It’s something I never dreamt of as a child and obviously we’ll keep chipping away and try our best to get to number one. And then it was chipping away trying to get top five. Marked out as a future star very young, she won the Wimbledon junior title aged 15, but the pressure and the lifestyle took its toll.

Source: Irish Examiner June 09, 2019 10:52 UTC