Ashleigh Barty gives no hint of return after walking away from tennis

By Linda Pearce
Updated October 19 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 19 2014 - 3:06pm
Ashleigh Barty with doubles partner Casey Dellacqua the final of the Aegon Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham on June 15. Photo: Getty Images)
Ashleigh Barty with doubles partner Casey Dellacqua the final of the Aegon Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham on June 15. Photo: Getty Images)
Ashleigh Barty with doubles partner Casey Dellacqua the final of the Aegon Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham on June 15. Photo: Getty Images)
Ashleigh Barty with doubles partner Casey Dellacqua the final of the Aegon Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham on June 15. Photo: Getty Images)
Ashleigh Barty with doubles partner Casey Dellacqua the final of the Aegon Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham on June 15. Photo: Getty Images)
Ashleigh Barty with doubles partner Casey Dellacqua the final of the Aegon Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham on June 15. Photo: Getty Images)

Australia's most talented young female tennis player, Ashleigh Barty, will take an indefinite break from the game. The 2011 junior Wimbledon champion confirmed her open-ended hiatus via a statement on Friday that offered no hint of when - or if - the Queenslander would return.

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