Love Set Match

Emerson Grace has rallied her way through the ranks of the world's top tennis players, but she's yet to reach the ultimate goal—winning a Grand Slam. She's done coming in second—both on and off the court. At least that was the plan until someone leaks risqué photos of her right as her ex Rob Ashton returns to the tennis scene. Rob's had nine years to regret letting Em go, and nothing is going to stand in the way of proving she's the only match he wants to win. Giving the man who makes her body melt another chance is tempting, but Em has to decide if letting Rob win her heart is worth risking her chance to win a Grand Slam.

Charlie Jones and Kim Doren are rapidly becoming admired authors of sports advice. Following their popular golf instruction book, Be The Ball: A Golf Instruction Book For The Mind, Game, Set, Match gives tennis players everywhere the inside track on how the stars prepare for their games. Many of the biggest names in tennis have contributed their personal advice for this book. Learn from tennis champions Monica Seles and Michael Change, legends Jack Kramer and Rod Laver, coaches Nick Bolletierri and Vic Braden, game analysts Bud Collins and Pam Shriver, and celebrities such as Dick Van Patton and Regis Philbin, who love to play the game. More than 50 contributors in all offer their unique poiners and philosophies about using the power of the mind to become the best tennis player you can. Everyone who is serious about tennis will want a copy of this insightful and inspiring book about the mental side of the game.

LOVE DOESN'T ALWAYS PLAY BY THE RULES . . . Hannah has been married to Graham since they were eighteen - a union of desperation to escape their strict families. He's the only man she's ever kissed and honestly, she's not sure he's any good at it. But fourteen years of washing his underwear is more than enough to kill the romance. Well, that and the fact that he's got a work colleague pregnant. Hannah's new-found freedom is an opportunity to finally put herself first, and a trip to Spain sounds like the perfect start. Yes, it might be with three near strangers, but it's also a chance to play tennis every day under the Spanish sun, before heading off on a solo road trip and starting the next phase of her life. Then Hannah meets Rob, who has kissed ALL the women and is 100% not her type. And besides, she's really not looking for love right now. But if there's one thing Hannah knows about tennis, it's that sometimes taking a risk can pay off - and when you fault on your first serve, you get a second chance. Escape to the Spanish hills in this completely gorgeous and delicious romantic comedy that will have you snorting with laughter. If you love Catherine Walsh, Laura Jane Williams and Sophie Ranald, you won't want to miss this! Find out why readers LOVE Heidi Stephens . . . '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ One of my favourite reads!' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The perfect read!' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I ABSOLUTELY loved this book! It made me laugh and cry' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Brilliant! Just brilliant! Consumed it in a day as I just couldn't put it down' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I read it in one sitting' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A gorgeous, romantic book' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A five-star read that will make you fall in love again' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A brilliant array of characters [and] a wicked sense of humour . . . Heidi Stephens understood the assignment and delivered' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ If you're a fan of romcom, this one is for you'

I am a cautionary tale?The tennis golden boy who trusted the wrong person.And now my image and my body have taking a beating. On the court, I'm down forty-love. But I'm wiser now. I won't make the same mistake again. All I have to do is convince the woman I loved and left behind to trust me again.My career and my heart depend on it.Easier said than done. Good thing I'm up for the challenge. Game on.

When Billie Jean King trounced Bobby Riggs in tennis's "Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, she placed sports squarely at the center of a national debate about gender equity. In this winning combination of biography and history, Susan Ware argues that King's challenge to sexism, the supportive climate of second-wave feminism, and the legislative clout of Title IX sparked a women's sports revolution in the 1970s that fundamentally reshaped American society. While King did not single-handedly cause the revolution in women's sports, she quickly became one of its most enduring symbols, as did Title IX, a federal law that was initially passed in 1972 to attack sex discrimination in educational institutions but had its greatest impact by opening opportunities for women in sports. King's place in tennis history is secure, and now, with Game, Set, Match, she can take her rightful place as a key player in the history of feminism as well. By linking the stories of King and Title IX, Ware explains why women's sports took off in the 1970s and demonstrates how giving women a sporting chance has permanently changed American life on and off the playing field.

The game of love -- A leisured class -- Healthy excitement and scientific play -- Real tennis and the scoring system -- The growth of a sporting culture -- On the Riviera -- What's wrong with women? -- A match out of Henry James -- The lonely American -- The four musketeers -- Working-class heroes -- Tennis in Weimar and after -- As a man grows older -- Three women -- This sporting life -- Home from the war -- Gorgeous girls -- Opening play -- Those also excluded -- Tennis meets feminism -- That's entertainment -- Bad behaviour -- Corporate tennis -- Women's power -- Vorsprung durch Technik -- Celebrity stars -- Millennium tennis -- The rhetoric of sport -- Back to the future.

Emerson Grace has rallied her way through the ranks of the world's top tennis players, but she's yet to reach the ultimate goal--winning a Grand Slam. She's done coming in second--both on and off the court. At least that was the plan until someone leaks risqué photos of her right as her ex Rob Ashton returns to the tennis scene. Rob's had nine years to regret letting Em go, and nothing is going to stand in the way of proving she's the only match he wants to win. Giving the man who makes her body melt another chance is tempting, but Em has to decide if letting Rob win her heart is worth risking her chance to win a Grand Slam.