Ash Barty is headed home and is unlikely to play in the WTA Finals.Credit:AP
But the chances of the 25-year-old jetting off again appear slim as Barty would need to endure a stint in quarantine each time she returned to Australia.
Barty’s management confirmed the two-time major winner was heading back to Australia after being away for more than six months.
“Ash has withdrawn from Indian Wells to come home and see her family in Australia,” Barty’s manager Nikki Mathias said in a statement.
“She has been away from home since March and with the two week hotel quarantine requirement to come into Australia it has not been possible for her to return home before now.
“No further decisions have been made on events after Indian Wells yet.”
The WTA Finals will be played in Guadalajara – the second largest city in Mexico,sitting at an altitude of 1566 metres – between November 10 and 17. Furthermore,the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly the Fed Cup) finals are set down for six days in Prague from the start of November. Australia were runners-up in the women’s team event the last time they were held in 2019.
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