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About this book
It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today.
I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. But it's important to reflect on every part of the journey, especially the end. The timing is perfect to share my story, from the first time I picked up a racquet as a five-year-old girl in Ipswich to the night I packed up my tennis bag at Melbourne Park after winning the 2022 Australian Open. Now I can look back at the 20 years in between and think carefully through the work and the play, the smiles and the tears, and all the people who helped along the way, be it my first ever coach, Jim Joyce, or my longtime one, Craig Tyzzer.
My Dream Time follows me on my path to being the best I could be, not just as an athlete but as a person. How do you conquer nerves and anxiety? How do you deal with defeat, or pain? What drives you to succeed – and what happens when you do? The answers tell me so much, about bitter disappointments and also dreams realised – from injuries and obscurity and self-doubt to winning Wimbledon and ranking number 1 in the world.
My story is about the power and joy of doing that thing you love and seeing where it can take you. It's about the importance of purpose – and perspective – in our lives.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Note to Readers
- Dedication
- Contents
- Ash’s Journey to WTA World #1
- The Wolves of Wimbledon
- Before Anything and Everything
- Attacking the Bend
- My Mr Miyagi
- Toothaches and Toilet Breaks
- Schoolwork and Broken Hearts
- Spit the Dummy
- Black Skin, Red Rocks
- Bullrings and Baguettes
- The Detroit of Belgium
- Golf Greens and Grass Courts
- Chicken Wire and the Riot Act
- Mortgages and Monkey Bars
- Wildcards and Weight Gain
- Commanding Attention, Consuming Oxygen
- Big, Ugly Tears
- Lovely Complete Strangers
- ABCD
- Laying Low, in Limbo
- Faster, Flatter
- Zoom Zoom
- Pin the Body
- 25 Per Cent Effort
- Drovers and Drivers
- Triumph and Disaster
- Today, Love Won
- The Last Summer
- Strings Away
- Why, Not When
- Postscript
- Thank You
- Photo Section
- Back Ads
- About the Publisher
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