Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played by Wertheim, L. Jon

Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time...
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Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played by Wertheim, L. Jon

Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

$26.86

Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

$26.86
Author: L. Jon Wertheim
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game. He just needed to cling to his trajectory. So in the last few moments of daylight, Centre Court witnessed a coronation. Only it wasn't a crowning for the Swiss heir apparent but for a swashbuckling Spaniard. Twenty-two-year-old Rafael Nadal prevailed, in five sets, in what was, according to the author, "essentially a four-hour, forty-eight-minute infomercial for everything that is right about tennis--a festival of skill, accuracy, grace, strength, speed, endurance, determination, and sportsmanship." It was also the encapsulation of a fascinating rivalry, hard fought and of historic proportions.

In the tradition of John McPhee's classic Levels of the Game, Strokes of Genius deconstructs this defining moment in sport, using that match as the backbone of a provocative, thoughtful, and entertaining look at the science, art, psychology, technology, strategy, and personality that go into a single tennis match.With vivid, intimate detail, Wertheim re-creates this epic battle in a book that is both a study of the mechanics and art of the game and the portrait of a rivalry as dramatic as that of Ali-Frazier, Palmer-Nicklaus, and McEnroe-Borg.



Author: L. Jon Wertheim
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 06/01/2010
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.30w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780547336947


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/01/2010 pg. 24

About the Author
Wertheim, L. Jon: -

L. Jon Wertheim is the executive editor of Sports Illustrated. He is the author of seven highly praised books, including the New York Times bestseller Scorecasting. He is a regular contributor to CNN and National Public Radio and is a commentator for the Tennis Channel.

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