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I awoke with a start. My flight to Melbourne was finally being called and the assembled herd of tennis goats who had been kicking around impatiently in the waiting lounge finally stirred their stumps and joined a ramshackle queue, nudging, snorting and shuffling their way forward, keen to get on the plane before anyone else.  Even off court, they could not resist the competitive urge to be first on board, first in their seats and first to order their free inflight Pimms.

“Let’s face it, nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind,” complained Andre Agassi to Billie Jean King.  She nodded, sympathetically, kicking her tennis bag along the floor as the queue slowly shuffled forwards.

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The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: The Bird Sightings. – The ‘Confessions’ Sports Player Series

In which tennis ornithologist, Mrs Hacienda Buscando Stanley Carter (aka Phoebe Snetsinger) first observes Lord A.J.P.G.R. Murray in the field and makes her first fatal mistake. #AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennisClub #SerenaWilliams You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here. Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.

1. The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: The Bird Sightings. 12:43
2. The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Episode 15 – Bird Sighting 5 01:34
3. The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 14 – Bird Sighting 4. 01:01
4. The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 13 – Bird Sighting 3. 01:02
5. The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 12 – Bird Sighting 2. 00:47