Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 Blasting Through the Comfort Zone 5
2 Girls Don't Play Tennis 13
3 The Land of Plenty 21
4 Academy 101 27
5 She's Not All That 34
6 Back to Basics 37
7 The Training Wheels of Professional Tennis 44
8 The Big Time 47
9 The Grand Dame of Grand Slams 53
10 Hitting My Stride 56
11 Reaching the Top 63
12 Ego Check 70
13 In the Zone 81
14 Derailed 89
15 Another Hit 94
16 Keep Running 98
17 Happy? 102
18 Baby Steps 107
19 A Resolution 111
20 A Phone Call 114
21 On My Own 120
22 C'est la vie 126
23 The Search Continues 129
24 The Virtues of the Peanut 137
25 A Hag with a Frying Pan 145
26 A Girl's Best Friend 155
27 The A-Team 165
28 Roman Holiday 173
29 The Wolf's Mouth 179
30 Gladiator 187
31 Gold Isn't Everything 193
32 Injustice Served 201
33 A Chemical Army 204
34 Back in the Saddle 209
35 Diet Secrets of the Sumo Wrestler 218
36 Call Me Ox 224
37 A Pumpkin by Midnight 228
38 Live to Work or Work to Live? 231
39 A Well-Timed Rain Delay 237
40 A Passing of the Grunting Torch 241
41 Where Is the Panic Button? 246
42 Worth a Thousand Words 253
43 The Little Black Dress 257
44 Just Jump 262
45 A Certain Je ne sais quoi 265
46 Embrace the Fear 271
47 Life 101 276
48 Home 280
Index 283