Calling the Shots: My Autobiography

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She reveals the battles she fought for hard-won success in two careers, gives us a ringside seat on the nation's biggest sporting dramas, and a fascinating insider's understanding of competitors under pressure.

Now on the WAT tour (Women's Tennis Association) and with some great wins behind her, Sue is back in France playing at Roland Garros, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments most revered in the world.

I found the journey to becoming a tennis star really interesting and it is forgotten with her broadcast career what an amazing player she was. Luckily she won the junior championship there, but she hid herself away the night before because she had no money to pay for a room in the hotel. As a broadcaster, in 2001 she became the first woman to win the Royal Television Society's best sports presenter award.

I’d imagine she would be fun in the bar with her stories and she definitely would have an opinion on most players and their game. I have been watching tennis since 1970 but I am embarrassed to say that I do not ever remember watching Sue play. Sue was born on April 19th 1956 and she started her tennis career as a ten-year-old pupil at her Convert school in Paignton.The sign of a good autobiography is when you actually get an insight into the real person, not just a repeat of the well known facts. How you see Sue on the television is the real Sue, and admire so much when she says "You see enough of me on television, you won't see me showing my house off in the Hello Magazine. She is clearly immensely proud of her broadcast career and it struck me that it would seem more than her tennis career, but not really surprising given the span of her broadcasting.

Find out how a love for tennis and a determination to succeed made her soar not just in tennis but also on our tv screens. She played well through each match, swinging her hugely admired dangerous weapon, her famous forehand and it is there she won the ladies final Championship with a score sheet of 62-06-62. Her book has an appealing cover, an apt title, two sections of photos; always a plus for me, and an index.From footballers to athletes and tennis players we've brought you the best stories and advice from on and off the pitch. Plus as a older teenager I played and coached at The Imperial Hotel in Torquay, and I did play at The Palace Hotel in Paignton. She reveals the battles she fought for hard-won success in two careers and gives us a ringside seat on the nation's biggest sporting dramas, and a fascinating insider's understanding of competitors under pressure. I am not a big Tennis fan but did enjoy watching Wimbledon back in the days of Borg, McEnroe and Connors. It is then that her second career started and she became a sports commentator, not only for tennis but other sports too: Royal Ascot, Olympics, London Marathon, Commonwealth Games, World Athletics Championships, Winter Olympics Championships, BBC Sports Personality of the year and many more.

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Also pleased to find that as well as being a very nice person she is also gutsy and fully able to stick up for herself. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I coached many teenager and adults for over twenty years, and played for many years for the island of Jersey, which I am proud to have done. Actually I have to get that comment right, Sue's two careers, a tennis career, and a television career. I have grown up watching Sue Baker on Question of Sport and Wimbledon and I always admired her wit, intelligence and hard work and this book gives an insight into the women behind the camera and has given me a new admiration for her.