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- Number of Pages: 208
- ISBN: 0547232802
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112519273
- Release Date: June 4, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #57434 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #564 in Sports Books (See Top 100 Sports Books Bestsellers)
- #4 in Tennis (See Top 100 Tennis Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by L. Jon Wertheim (Author)Run a Quick Search on "Strokes of Genius" by L. Jon Wertheim to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Strokes of Genius"Browse more products related to "L. Jon Wertheim"Review"STROKES OF GENIUS describes the drama of this match in lively detail. Wertheim's grasp of tennis is informed not just by the many players and events he has written about for more than a decade....[and his] easily accessible match detail is richly supplemented with biographical portraits..." Publisher's noteA provocative account of the 2008 Wimbledon match describes five-time champion Roger Federer's efforts to make a record-breaking win, Rafael Nadal's ultimate triumph, and the ways in which the author believes the competition reflected optimal applications of skill, sportsmanship, and athletic science. In the 2008Wimbledon 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. AnnotationL. Jon Wertheim assigns the title of greatest tennis match in history to the 2008 Wimbledon Final, which pitted the sport's top-ranked player, Roger Federer, who was in search of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon crown, against the second-ranked player in the world, Rafael Nadal, whom Federer had bested in the previous two finals. In the longest finals match in the history of the illustrious tournament, Nadal upset Federer and usurped his title as the best tennis player on the planet. Wertheim defends his hyperbolic assessment of the match's importance by depicting the career trajectories of these two tennis greats before providing a thrilling account of the entire match, including shot-by-shot analysis of the most crucial points. If You Enjoy "Strokes of Genius (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:
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