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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Amelia Hill

EXPLAINED: Why millennials like ashleigh barty are rethinking work | Vintage Vibes

Tennis star Ashleigh Barty.
This week, 25-year-old Ash Barty announced her retirement from tennis, saying it was time for her to ‘chase other dreams’. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

When he was 31, Mick Jagger said that he would not be “caught dead” singing Satisfaction at 45. But almost half a century later, Jagger is still belting out the anthem at the age of 78, his youthful determination apparently long forgotten.

The past, however, is a foreign country: today’s young people do things differently and this week, the 25-year-old tennis star Ash Barty shocked the public by announcing her retirement.

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