Ashleigh Barty retires: Simona Halep, Andy Murray, others react to world No. 1 leaving tennis at age 25
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The Australian tennis player made the announcement on social media, explaining she no longer has the "physical drive" and "emotional want" it takes to compete in high a high level of the sport.
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This may or may not be lumped in with those athletes who have recently taken a step back or what-have-you over mental health concerns, but there seems to be an interesting trend of younger athletes (maybe there are stories of older athletes who are doing this as well but I haven't seen them come across the wire) taking a step back or away from the higher levels of sports. It has me wondering why? Is it athletes wising up to the challenges of being a high-level athlete? Is it a younger generation that isn't used to the strain and adversary of being a high-level athlete? Is it a little bit of both? Or some other reason?