Calling the Shots: My Autobiography

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It is then that her second career started and she became a sports commentator, not only for tennis but other sports too: Royal Ascot, Olympics, London Marathon, Commonwealth Games, World Athletics Championships, Winter Olympics Championships, BBC Sports Personality of the year and many more. Overall a good read about a sporting journey and what happens next in terms of career after that finishes. I am not a big tennis fan and haven’t watched “Question of Sport” for decades but I really enjoyed Sue Barker’s biography.

Her love of Tennis saw her commentate at Wimbledon for 30 years, having only retired Wimbledon duties this year, 2022.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I admire very much Lance the husband, a former policeman, who very gracefully steps aside as stays out of the limelight, keeps his and Sue's business's running to leave Sue have a great career. If you are a tennis fan, and a Sue Barker fan, the lady herself reading her autobiography is an enjoyable listen. 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.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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. 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. I enjoyed this autobiography and feel really honoured to review it through my membership of NetGalley.She reveals the battles she fought for hard-won success in two careers, gives us a ringside seat on the nation's biggest sporting dramas, and a fascinating insider's understanding of competitors under pressure. I am not a big Tennis fan but did enjoy watching Wimbledon back in the days of Borg, McEnroe and Connors. This is a very cosy but enjoyable read, there are no startling revelations, gossip or anything that will cause bad feelings. I have always been a huge fan of A Question of Sport, and I was devastated when Sue was forced to leave.