The world’s No.1 ranked tennis player in women’s rankings, Ashleigh Barty was seen playing a leg-glance with her tennis racquet and ball during her practice session in the ongoing Australian Open 2022. Ashleigh was once a professional cricketer and has played for Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League (BBL).

Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty, who clinched the 2021 Wimbledon title, was once a professional cricketer and has played for Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League (BBL). She decided to take a break from her tennis career in 2014 and later went on to play y for Brisbane Heat in 2015 BBL.

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However, the 25-year-old returned to tennis in 2016 and claimed her maiden Wimbledon title in 2021. Ashleigh is currently ranked No.1 in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings after her consistent performances on the court and across the tournament from around the world.

The Australian tennis player was scheduled to be locking horns with Amanda Anisimova in the fourth-round match of the ongoing Australian Open 2022. She has won the game by 6-4, 6-3 margin and she has qualified for the quarter-final where she will be facing another Australian player, Jessica Pegula.

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Meanwhile, the Australian Open Twitter handle posted a video of Ashleigh’s practice session in Melbourne, where she can be seen playing a leg glance, and in a way, she recalled her cricketing days. The right-hand batter has scored 68 runs from 9 WBBL matches with a high score of 39. Ashleigh Barty had earlier won the French Open title in 2019 and after winning Wimbledon, Barty has won her second Grand Slam title.

Here is the video of the incident:

🎾 x 🏏 @ashbarty • #AusOpen • #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/bUb1gqwxjH

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2022