Calling the Shots: My Autobiography

Product Information

Her love of Tennis saw her commentate at Wimbledon for 30 years, having only retired Wimbledon duties this year, 2022. During her tennis career she won fifteen WTA singles titles, including a Grand Slam - the French Open in 1976, aged 20. I’d imagine she would be fun in the bar with her stories and she definitely would have an opinion on most players and their game. The BBC could have treated her better although I was not a fan of question of sport, they could have handled it better and now look at it!

I liked sue barker it was interesting to hear how hard she worked to become world number 3 and win the French open a lot of effort and dedication well 👏 done. Of course I love a tennis biography but was delighted to hear that Sue Barker was releasing one so soon after retiring from Wimbledon coverage. stars for Sue, but 3 stars for the publisher because this book was atrociously edited – so much jumping about with references and contexts that weren’t explained and also quite a lot of repetition.I have been watching tennis since 1970 but I am embarrassed to say that I do not ever remember watching Sue play.

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. 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. From footballers to athletes and tennis players we've brought you the best stories and advice from on and off the pitch. 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. How you see Sue on the television is the real Sue, and admire so much when she says "You see enough of me on television, you won't see me showing my house off in the Hello Magazine.

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. Sue Barker’s autobiography is a real revelation to me, full of tennis facts and information about her tennis peers.