Ashleigh Barty: ‘I’ve learned to embrace fame but it’s impossible to please everyone’

The new world No 1 approaches Wimbledon in confident mood after her French Open win – not bad given that four years ago she was playing cricket having given up on professional tennisFor someone who is so loved, Ashleigh Barty knows a lot about loneliness. “I would love to be home every single minute of every single day,” says the world No 1 and French Open champion, whose home is 12,000 miles away in Queensland, but whose heart and soul for the next fortnight will be at Wimbled