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Pub. Date
2017
Description
What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in head first? As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Dylan Alcott OAM has never let his disability get in the way of what he wanted to achieve. His family treated him no differently to any other kid, and it was the best thing they could have done. Growing up, he always had a positive attitude to life, and when he discovered wheelchair basketball and tennis, he was always at the centre of the action. Now the three-time Paralympic gold medallist, Order of Australia recipient, Grand Slam tennis champion...
Author
Publisher
Aurum
Pub. Date
2010
Description
This title illustrates the history of one of the greatest sporting championships in the world, Wimbledon, by presenting a collection of articles from throughout the event's history by a range of authors, including Sebastian Faulks and Michael Parkinson.
6) Tennis
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Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Part of a series which offers simple introductions to popular school sports for children just starting to play them formally.
9) Unbreakable
Author
Publisher
Ebury
Pub. Date
2018
Description
This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world No. 4. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell. From war-torn Yugoslavia to Sydney to Wimbledon, she narrates her ascent to becoming one of the best tennis players in the women's game, and her heart-breaking fall from the top. Her gutsy honesty will leave you in awe....
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Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The Williams sisters took the tennis world by storm in the 1990s, and have remained two of the most successful and influential players ever since. In this book they guide budding stars through the basics of the game, from smashing serves to brilliant backhands.
11) Two for tennis
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Publisher
Maverick Arts Pub
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Ron the rabbit has trouble finding a decent tennis partner to match his skills.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
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Description
Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands...
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Publisher
John Murray
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Widely regarded as one of the greatest ever sportspeople, Roger Federer is a beloved as a phenomenon, a symbol of enduring greatness and yet is intensely private. But his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager with dubious style sense to one of the greatest, most self-possessed and elegant of competitors has been a long-running act of will, not destiny. Based on 20 years of one-on-one interviews with Federer and with wide access to Federer's...
Author
Publisher
A. & C. Black
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Designed specifically for young tennis players, this manual contains 101 progressive practical drills to help young tennis players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are clearly illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including warming up, baseline play, net play, serving/returning and doubles play.
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Publisher
Particular Books
Pub. Date
2017
Description
In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right. This is Maria Sharapova's gripping and fearless autobiography,...
16) Raducanu rules
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Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2022
Description
A brief biography of US-Open champion Emma Raducanu, including key stats.
17) Unstoppable
Author
Formats
Description
14-year-old twins, Kaine and Roxy, used to be close, but now they can hardly bear to be in the same room. Roxy hates the way her brother behaves - Kaine might be brilliant at football but he's always in trouble and cares nothing about his family. And Kaine despises the way his supposedly-perfect sister, dominates their parents in her ambition to reach Wimbledon. But the twins are both hiding dangerous secrets of their own, secrets that could destroy...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Description
When Andy Murray finally overcame Novak Djokovic in a five-set thriller to secure the 2012 US Open, it was a dream fulfilled for the man from Dunblane. After four previous defeats in Grand Slam finals, Murray had finally achieved what no British man had managed since the 1930s. Mark Hodgkinson tells the full story of Murray's rise and struggle to win his first Grand Slam.
20) Tennis
Author
Series
Sports skills volume 3
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important tennis skills you'll need. Full of skills tips and photos showing key techniques, you'll discover everything - from training to competing - while also finding out something about tennis stars of the past and present.