An overjoyed Ash Barty has introduced she is to change into a mom.
The retired tennis champion is not going to defend her Australian Open crown this month however continues to attract headlines.
The 26-year-old revealed her child pleasure on social media on Friday night time.
Barty posted a photograph on Instagram of her canine Origi with a pair of child footwear.
“2023 set to be the best year yet. We are so excited for our new adventure,” Barty wrote in a caption together with a child emoji.
“Origi already the protective big sister.”
Her golf-professional companion Garry Kissick additionally posted on Instagram a photograph of the infant footwear with the canine and a baby-sized Liverpool package with the caption “Little Red, 2023” and a child emoji.
The three-time grand-slam champion’s news comes 9 months after she shocked the tennis world by quitting the game seven weeks after ending Australia’s 44-year singles title drought in Melbourne.
