The master the long run and beautiful game of Roger Federer
Roger Federer has often made it look astonishingly easy through the decades, but his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager with dubious style sense to one of the greatest, most self-possessed and elegant of competitors has been a long-running act of will, not destiny. He not only had a grea...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Twelve,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Roger Federer has often made it look astonishingly easy through the decades, but his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager with dubious style sense to one of the greatest, most self-possessed and elegant of competitors has been a long-running act of will, not destiny. He not only had a great gift-- he had grit. Clarey, with access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game-- included his rivals-- focuses on the pivotal people, places, and moments in Federer's long and rich career. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 421 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781538719244 153871924X 9781538719268 1538719266 |
| Author Notes: | Christopher Clarey is the tennis correspondent for the New York Times and has covered international sports for nearly thirty years for the Times and International Herald Tribune , where he was chief sports correspondent and a longtime columnist. |
