Tennis champion Ash Barty reveals her game-winning secret skill in her upcoming memoir

Tennis superstar Ash Barty is working on a soon to be released tell-all memoir which will reveal the secret skill which gave her an edge in the game.

Titled My Dream Time, the tome will discuss how the three-time Grand Slam winner’s memory has helped her both on and off the court.

Former tennis correspondent Leo Schlink, who is helping Barty with the final draft of the book, set to be released in November, said he was stunned by her photographic memory.

He told The Daily Telegraph: ‘Ash’s ability to remember the finest detail from matches she played was one thing that really struck me.

‘It was not just matches, but the type of spin she put on the ball on crucial points. It was quite incredible really,’ he added.

The book’s title is an acknowledgement of Barty indigenous heritage. Barty is a proud Ngarigo woman.

The former Wimbledon champion said she hoped her journey would inspire others to ‘go after their dreams’.

It comes just months after Barty shocked the sporting world by announcing her retirement in an emotional video revealing she was physically and emotionally ‘spent’.

She announced via a video posted to her Instagram account in March she was retiring from the sport after spending almost three years as the world’s top player.

‘It’s the first time I’ve said it out loud, so it’s hard to say but I’m so happy and I’m so ready,’ she explained in the video in which she was joined by former doubles partner and good friend Casey Dellacqua.

Barty grabbed the world No.1 spot on June 24, 2019, and never relinquished it with high finishes in Grand Slams for the next two-and-a-half years. 

She said in her retirement video she was excited ‘about my next chapter as Ash Barty the person and not the athlete.’