Australian Open champion Ashleigh Barty won Australia’s most prestigious annual sports award — despite retiring from the game less than two months later.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Barty has been given The Don Award, named after its most accomplished and famous cricketer Don Bradman.<\/p>\n
In March, Barty shocked the tennis world after announcing her retirement. The three-time major winner was the No. 1-ranked female player at the time of her retirement decision.<\/p>\n
The Sport Australia Hall of Fame’s Don Award is given to an athlete or a team “which has provided the most inspiration to the country through performance and example in the past year.”<\/p>\n
Barty, who also won the award in 2019, joins Olympic gold medal-winning hurdler Sally Pearson (2012, 2014) and Olympic champion pole vaulter Steve Hooker (2008, 2009) as a multiple winner of the award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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