Can’t win ’em all, says injured tennis star Ash Barty

Ash Barty knows what you’re thinking: she’s world No.1, so should win every match.

But Barty says the public expectation will never stack up with reality as she grapples with a second shock loss in a week and an injury niggle that will see her miss next week’s Qatar Open.

Barty’s Adelaide International title defence crashed at the first hurdle with a straight-sets loss to American Danielle Collins.

Collins won 6-3 6-4 at Memorial Drive on Wednesday night as Barty twice conceded five consecutive games to the American world No.37.

Barty’s sudden exit came seven days after her upset Australian Open quarter-final defeat to Karolina Muchova.

And she later pulled of next week’s WTA tournament, citing a leg injury and suggesting in a statement that she’ll be ready to compete in Miami late next month.

But rather than signal a downturn, Barty says the defeats are simply part and parcel of playing on the professional circuit.

“You know that there are no easy matches going…

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