Back to the Future in tennis travelogue far away from the bright lights
From a tale of life at the bottom to two motor-racing stories in the fast lane
Chasing Points – A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit by Gregory Howe
£12.99, published by Pitch– pitchpublishing.co.uk
Part travel memoir, part diary, Chasing Points offers a lively insider's account of life on the bottom rung of the professional tennis ladder, where just a single world-ranking point has holy-grail status as the pathway to untold riches. Or not.
I love this book. What it is not, though – not quite, anyway – is the story of a tennis enthusiast who reaches his mid-30s and suddenly decides he wants to try his luck as a pro. Gregory Howe does indeed quit his job as a teacher in a north London inner-city comprehensive to follow the road less travelled in various 'Futures' tournaments on four continents, taking in places like Bangkok, Mombasa, Windhoek and Lahore.
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