Paris bookends remarkable decade for Barty

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 9, 2019. Australia's Ashleigh Barty poses with the trophy at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Ashleigh Barty won the French Open women's singles final on Saturday. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS (Reuters) - Ashleigh Barty hated her first trip to Paris but 10 years later, after one of the more remarkable tennis journeys, she woke up in the French capital on Sunday as queen of Roland Garros.

It was in Paris that a 13-year-old Barty got her first taste of life on the road when she joined a group of fellow Australian junior hopefuls competing at an international event.