The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: the Audiobook

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Love. Tennis. Melbourne. What could possibly go wrong?

In The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player, Andy returns for the second instalment in the ageing tennis player series  – older, possibly wiser, and still dangerously convinced that tennis may yet provide the answer to life’s more awkward questions.

This time, the action moves from the genteel lawns of Wimbledon to the heat, colour and chaos of Melbourne. Against the backdrop of the Australian Open, Andy finds himself caught between sporting ambition, romantic confusion and the familiar indignities of getting older while still trying to behave as if one’s knees, heart and backhand are all in perfect working order.

At once funny, affectionate and gently absurd, the novel explores the strange rituals of tennis and courtship: the misread signals, the sudden collapses, the unexpected recoveries, and the eternal hope that the next point, or the next relationship, might change everything.

Like Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player, this book is for anyone who has ever loved a sport more than their body can justify; anyone who has confused competitive doubles with emotional intimacy; and anyone who suspects that growing older need not mean surrendering to common sense.

Blending sporting comedy, romantic mishap and philosophical mischief, The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Playeris a warm, witty and sharply observed novel about ageing, desire, friendship, fantasy, failure and the lifelong temptation to step back onto court.

Ideal for readers who enjoy:

Tennis fiction, comic novels, romantic comedy, sports humour, ageing disgracefully, Australian Open stories, midlife reinvention, and books that serve truth, nonsense and emotional confusion with equal spin.

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