Who is Casey Dellacqua, the one who took Ash Barty’s retirement video?

Who is Casey Dellacqua, the one who took Ash Barty’s retirement video?

Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua

3-time Grand Slam champion and World No. 1 for 112 consecutive weeks of the total of 119 weeks that she stayed at the top, Ash Barty sent shockwaves around the world when she announced that she will be stepping away from the tennis court for good bringing close to a fantastic career.

Barty, 25, last played at the 2022 Australian Open where she won the Grand Slam without dropping a set and became the first Australian in 44 years to win the Slam in Melbourne Park raising her status for achieving the historic feat and doing it in some style as she also joined Serena Williams and the Big-3 in being the only active players to have won majors on all surfaces.

With many expecting Barty to dominate on the Tour more as she currently leads the WTA rankings with more than 2000 points at the top, her retirement came in as a big surprise. Barty announced her retirement through her Instagram handle where she gave a small interview to Casey Dellacqua answering why she has chosen to step away from the sport.

Who is Casey Dellacqua, the one interviewing Ash Barty

Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua
Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua hugging on the Rod Laver Arena after Barty won the Australian Open 2022

Barty gave her interview to former Australian player Casey Dellacqua. Casey reached the 3rd round in all majors in the singles while being a runner-up in all majors in the doubles 7-times with Barty being her partner on 4 of those occasions (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open in 2013 and French Open in 2017).

Casey acted as a mentor too for Barty when she was just a teenager and has been a close friend of her since then. When Barty clinched the Australian Open title, Casey was on the court and was the first one to hug Barty for her historic achievement as the two friends shared the success of Barty together on the Rod Laver Arena.

Knowing that it will be a difficult announcement to make, Barty chose Casey to be on the other side for one final time as she recorded her retirement interview and the two friends later shared a hug at the end with both of them emotional and teary-eyed.

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