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Tennis: a “magical” individualist hangs up her racket For quite a while now, the sport of tennis has been bracing itself for some “big farewells”, said Christopher Clarey in The New York Times. Roger Federer and Serena Williams are both 40; the injury-prone Rafael Nadal is 35; Andy Murray (34) has a metal hip. Had any of these “ageing and ailing superstars” retired, no one would have been that surprised. What few predicted, however, was that a brilliant player who seemed to be “just getting started” would be announcing that she was permanently hanging up her racket. But that’s what the world No. 1 – 25-year-old Ashleigh Barty – did last week. The reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion said she’d decided to quit the sport in order to “chase other…

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