All of her life , gentlemen had routinely opened doors for Margaret : from Wal Rutter , the grumpy pro at the tennis club in her hometown of Albury , New South Wales , to the gym attendants who let her into the weight room at 5 a.m. , to her coach , the Australian tennis legend Frank Sedgman , who whisked her away from Albury , offering her a job as a typist and a future as a player .