23-06-2019 03:19 via theguardian.com

'I thought that was it': why Ash Barty almost gave up tennis for good

Media attention, pressure, depression - Barty went through it all, and it took a stint with cricket to set things rightThe satellite city emerges from a forest of eucalyptus. Large brick houses sit on well-tended blocks of land, where boats and motor homes loiter in the driveways. The shrieks of small children flying down the footpaths on bikes are the only sound in this quiet, comfortable suburban setting. Springfield, south-west of Brisbane, is Australia’s first privately built city, and
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