Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (eBook)

The Lives and Careers of Two Tennis Legends

Sebastian Fest (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
999 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-3072-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The definitive account of the relationship between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, two of the world’s greatest tennis players.

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Since 2004, two names have dominated mens tennis: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Each player is legendary in his own right. The Spanish Nadal is the winner of sixteen Grand Slam titles, including five consecutive French Open singles titles from 2010-2014, and is the only player ever to win a Grand Slam for ten straight years. Federer, from Switzerland, has spent over three hundred weeks of his career ranked as the number-one player in the world and has won twenty Grand Slam titles and two Olympic medals. But neither players career would have been nearly as successful without the decade-long rivalry that pushed them to rise to the peak of tennis excellence. Nadal and Federer have met thirty-eight times over the course of their careers, and have shared the distinction of being ranked the two best players in the world for an astounding six years in a row from 2005-2009. In Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, international sports journalist Sebastian Fest uses information gleaned from his numerous interviews with both players over the last decade to narrate the rivalry, and its impact not only on the players, but on the sport itself. Documenting their respective wins and losses, hopes and disappointments, and relationships with their rivals, Fest formulates a unique biography of two of the greatest players of tennis. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Sebastian Fest is the Chief Sports Editor for the Argentine newspaper La Nacion since 2015. He previously worked in the same position for the Spanish Service of DPA, the German news agency, since 2000. He's collaborated with different media such as Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Weltwoche, and FAZ. He is the author of Enredados (Buenos Aires, 2009), a book on the misfortune of the Argentinean Team at the Davis Cup, and cowriter of the book Ni rey ni D10s: Lionel Messi, with Alexandre Julliard.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 14 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Tennis
• Schlagworte: 2008 wimbledon • admirable • Andre Agassi • Athletes • baseballs • books on baseballs • books on centre courts • books on family ties • books on forehands • books on grand slams • books on knit families • books on mallorca • books on nadal • books on role models • books on strong families • books on tennis champions • books on tennis histories • books on tennis players book • books on tournaments • centre court • Clark Kent • closely knit • Coach • endurance • family ties • Federer • finals • forehand • grand slams • Humble • humility • Injuries • John Carlin • journalist john • knit family • level players • Mallorca • mallorcan • Media hype • mental approach • mental game • mental preparation • mental toughness • nadal • nole djokovic • non-tennis • Opponents • parent's separation • Persone • play tennis • professional tennis • racket • Rafa • Role model • sampras • Sport • sportsman • strong family • tennis career • tennis champion • tennis court • tennis enthusiast • tennis history • tennis matches • tennis nut • tennis players • tennis training • tennis world • Tick • Toni • Tournaments • uncle tony • Vamos • wimbledon final
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-3072-9 / 1510730729
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-3072-4 / 9781510730724