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Ashleigh Barty

Ashleigh Barty

Australian former tennis player and cricketer

Sep 19, 2026

48:56
How does that happen with kids and everything going on? What does your training preparation look like? And ultimately, how fulfilling is that journey? What has that journey been for you?
49:06
Yeah, it was really cool.
49:07
My sister got into the ballot in Sydney.
49:10
She'd put her name forward and got in by herself and she'd run a couple previously by herself.
49:15
And she's like, I don't want to do another one again.
49:17
And I thought, you know, I'll just throw my hand up and why not? I'll go and do it with her.
49:22
And the training was disrupted.
50:40
You must have had, I saw you on socials, a lot of fun every time you get back there.
speaker_4ADVERTISER
33:58
was
33:58
like, oh, I always wanted to represent Australia at the Olympic Games.
34:05
Physically, emotionally, mentally, I was absolutely not ready to play.
34:10
But my heart was like, this is the Olympic Games.
34:13
You can't not play.
34:14
I'm not going to turn down an opportunity to play for Australia.
34:17
So it was almost like, oh, play the Olympics.

15 MINS LATER

49:37
Can you just give us a little synopsis of what you do and what you're trying to do by having the foundation?
Kevin HartADVERTISER
33:02
like,
33:04
oh, I always wanted to represent Australia at the Olympic Games.
33:08
Physically, emotionally, mentally, I was absolutely not ready to play.
33:13
But my heart was like, this is the Olympic Games.
33:16
You can't not play.
33:18
I'm not going to turn down an opportunity to play for Australia.
33:21
So it was almost like, oh, play the Olympics.

15 MINS LATER

48:21
Can you just give us a little synopsis of what you do and what you're trying to do by having the foundation?

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