Last month, this column speculated about the succession question at Tennis Australia, where Jayne Hrdlicka’s time as chairwoman was coming to a forced end. The next morning, Hrdlicka was named as the next chief executive and managing director of ASX-listed booze giant Endeavour.

Now her heir at the tennis has been announced. Tennis Australia said on Monday that director Chris Harrop would succeed Hrdlicka at the end of this year. The much-fancied president of the AFL’s Western Bulldogs, Kylie Watson-Wheeler, didn’t throw her hat into the ring. No one did except Harrop.