Ash Barty withdraws from Indian Wells, Miami tournaments

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ash Barty, the world’s top-ranked female tennis player, has withdrawn from Indian Wells and the Miami Open citing a need for ongoing recovery after winning the Australian Open. Indian Wells begins next week. Had she played it would have been Barty’s first appearance there since 2019. The Miami Open, where Barty is the two-time defending champion, begins March 21. Barty ended a 44-year drought for Australian women at the Australian Open when she won the singles title at Melbourne Park in late January. It was her third Grand Slam singles title and her first on hardcourts after her victories on grass at Wimbledon and on clay at the French Open.