Calling the Shots: My Autobiography

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Plus as a older teenager I played and coached at The Imperial Hotel in Torquay, and I did play at The Palace Hotel in Paignton. This is an interesting read of one of this countries favourite personalities that I enjoyed a lot more than I expected to. Going all in for her once-only autobiography, Sue takes us inside the showbizzy world of 70s and early 80s tennis. I’m sorry this comes over as a negative review, because on the whole it’s interesting to read of her gumption and professionalism in her sporting and television careers. I found the journey to becoming a tennis star really interesting and it is forgotten with her broadcast career what an amazing player she was.

This is a very cosy but enjoyable read, there are no startling revelations, gossip or anything that will cause bad feelings.Luckily she won the junior championship there, but she hid herself away the night before because she had no money to pay for a room in the hotel. Going all in for her once-only autobiography, Sue takes us inside the showbizzy world of 70s and early 80s tennis, dating the stars, hitting the headlines. During her tennis career she won fifteen WTA singles titles, including a Grand Slam - the French Open in 1976, aged 20.

And that’s not a story unique to women’s football; from motorsport to gymnastics via tennis and more, there are women who have faced societal prejudices and personal and professional challenges to become the best at what they do. She anchored SPOTY for 19 years, was quizmaster on A Question of Sport for 24 years and fronted coverage of Wimbledon for three decades.I have always been a huge fan of A Question of Sport, and I was devastated when Sue was forced to leave.

Going all in for her once-only autobiography, Sue takes us inside the showbizzy world of '70s and early '80s tennis, dating the stars, hitting the headlines. Actually I have to get that comment right, Sue's two careers, a tennis career, and a television career. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Sue Barker’s autobiography is a real revelation to me, full of tennis facts and information about her tennis peers. She reveals the battles she fought for hard-won success in two careers and gives us a ringside seat on the nation's biggest sporting dramas, and a fascinating insider's understanding of competitors under pressure, such a shame injuries plagued her last few years.What you do get reading this book is the warmth of a tennis player and television celebrity who is close to her family and made lots of true friends throughout her life, many of who are household names. I have grown up watching Sue Baker on Question of Sport and Wimbledon and I always admired her wit, intelligence and hard work and this book gives an insight into the women behind the camera and has given me a new admiration for her. Also pleased to find that as well as being a very nice person she is also gutsy and fully able to stick up for herself. Sue was born on April 19th 1956 and she started her tennis career as a ten-year-old pupil at her Convert school in Paignton. I found her life story very interesting, I had never considered how different the WTA tour would be in the 70s but it was very interesting.