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Ash Barty shocked the tennis world this week by announcing her departure from the game as a 25-year-old dominant #1. After the shock wore off, though, it started to make sense based on what we know about Ash, as a player who’s planned her career intentionally and who was upfront about how she approached the sport. What were her greatest moments? What does Ash’s retirement teach us? What is her legacy?
0:40 Getting over the initial shock
8:30 Ash’s early career and first break from tennis
14:00 Ash returns to tennis in 2016 and steadily builds a world-beating resume; post-COVID dominance
27:00 Career achievements: those weeks at #1 and talking about her successor
31:20 The retirement announcement
36:25 What did we learn from Ash’s retirement? What's the precedent for this?
39:00 Rethinking work and setting boundaries after a pandemic and the myriad disruptions of millennial and Gen Z life
48:30 Reframing authenticity
54:40 Our favorite Ash Barty memories
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Ash Barty shocked the tennis world this week by announcing her departure from the game as a 25-year-old dominant #1. After the shock wore off, though, it started to make sense based on what we know about Ash, as a player who’s planned her career intentionally and who was upfront about how she approached the sport. What were her greatest moments? What does Ash’s retirement teach us? What is her legacy?
0:40 Getting over the initial shock
8:30 Ash’s early career and first break from tennis
14:00 Ash returns to tennis in 2016 and steadily builds a world-beating resume; post-COVID dominance
27:00 Career achievements: those weeks at #1 and talking about her successor
31:20 The retirement announcement
36:25 What did we learn from Ash’s retirement? What's the precedent for this?
39:00 Rethinking work and setting boundaries after a pandemic and the myriad disruptions of millennial and Gen Z life
48:30 Reframing authenticity
54:40 Our favorite Ash Barty memories

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