Barty : power and glory : the inspiring journey to the top of world tennis
Reed, Ron2019
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For a variety of reasons, Australian sport needed an uplifting, inspirational, feel-good story in 2019. The year was only little more than half over before one had well and truly arrived - one of the best ever, in fact. Tennis star Ashleigh Barty captured the public's imagination and admiration by not only winning a major tournament for the first time, the French Open, and ascending to the world No 1 ranking, the fi rst Australian woman to do so for 46 years, but by the humble, modest, gracious and yet iron-willed and fiercely focussed way she went about it. In all she did, she was the definition of the word classy. In short, she made Australia proud. Among those watching intently was one of Australia's most experienced and respected sportswriters, Ron Reed, who decided that Barty's breakthrough into the very top echelons of one of the nation's favourite sports needed to be recorded in forensic detail - the wins, the quotes, the processes, the reactions of others, the team behind her, the background and the many reasons why she is such a true-blue Australian that she could never be mistaken for any other nationality. Barty: Power and Glory is the result.
Main title:
Barty : power and glory : the inspiring journey to the top of world tennis / by Ron Reed with contributions from Linda Pearce and Chris McLeod.
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Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : Wilkinson Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
202 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Contents:
A year of glory for a new star with no tickets on herselfWhey even the dogs are barking for herOpportunity comes calling...in FrenchFriends and foe on top of the worldA target to toy with: to infinity and beyondUnmistakeably from the land down underWhy it's ladies first for Ash and the girlsA chubby little missile launcherHow tennis stopped being fun and became a jobRule number one: be a nice personToppled from the top - but not for long / Ron ReedIt's we not me - the one word that defines the Ash Barty that I know / Linda PearceTimeline to the topMatch points in the career of Ash BartyRising through the rankingsThe 2019 slams and titlesAsh's coachesYear by year2019: ascension to No.1Ash's 2019 singles recordJunior careerDoubles careerMixed doublesCricketWit and wisdom of Ash BartyOff the courtThe road ahead / Ron ReedIt's not just what you do but how you go about it.
ISBN:
9781925927214 (paperback)
Dewey class:
796.342
Language:
English
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BRN:
383627
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 796.342 BAR | Available |