Ash Barty has introduced the delivery of her first little one, child boy Hayden.
The Australian tennis nice and her husband, golf skilled Garry Kissick, reported that they had been the proud dad and mom of a “lovely boy” in an Instagram submit on Tuesday.
“Welcome to the world, Hayden!,” it learn, accompanied by an image of the brand new arrival wrapped in a blanket.
The information was acclaimed in the course of the morning at Wimbledon the place Barty, a three-time grand slam champion, was feted simply two years in the past for attaining her tennis dream of successful the singles title.
The next yr, she brought about a sensation by saying her retirement from the game in March lower than two months after she had received the Australian Open in Melbourne, breaking a 44-year drought for Australian girls gamers, and was nonetheless a very dominant determine on the prime of the sport.
Barty then acquired married to Kissick in July final yr in Queensland, and in January introduced her being pregnant, declaring: “2023 set to be one of the best yr but.”
Craig Tiley, CEO of Tennis Australia, led the wave of congratulations from throughout the sport for the favored Barty, calling it “fantastic information”.
Inevitably, since her retirement because the world No.1 on the peak of her powers, there was hypothesis over whether or not Barty, now 27, would possibly resolve to make a comeback sooner or later.
Ons Jabeur, final yr’s Wimbledon finalist, mentioned solely this week that she believed Barty might have received 20 grand slams if she had carried on.
However, probably, the guessing video games will nonetheless proceed over whether or not the girl who lifted three of the slams – French Open (2020), Wimbledon (2021) and Australian Open (2022) – might someday be a part of the band of profitable tennis mums.
Down the years, that esteemed listing has included Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Barty’s personal heroine, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, who grew to become the primary mom to win the Wimbledon singles for 66 years again in 1980.
When requested in regards to the prospect of someday returning to the game, Barty mentioned after her retirement: “I’d say you by no means say by no means. I’d say the door is closed, but it surely’s not padlocked.
“I’m by no means one to completely say by no means, by no means, by no means. However, yeah, it feels prefer it’s closed.”