Ten days ago, Ashleigh Barty ended her career at just 25 years old.
An earthquake for women's tennis, shaken by the Swiatek tornado in recent weeks.
The Polish sweeps away everything in her path.
With an incredible series of victories (17) and three consecutive titles (Doha, Indian Wells and Miami), she is indeed the undisputed queen.
And, officially since Monday, the 28th world number one in the history of the WTA ranking.
She is also the fourth player to have achieved the "Sunshine double", (Indian Wells, Miami) after Steffi Graf (1994 and 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Victoria Azarenka (2016).
All at just 20 years old.
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I feel privileged to be among these players, because I wouldn't even have dreamed of it a few years ago.
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