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Hyperion
June 2010
On Sale: June 8, 2010
320 pages
ISBN: 1401323812
EAN: 9781401323813
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Non-Fiction
An entertaining and unfiltered look at professional tennis
as only Patrick McEnroe can offer. Patrick McEnroe has been in the world of professional tennis
in one way or another for most of his life. As a player,
coach, and ESPN commentator, he's seen it all. The
significant tennis books of recent years have all been
autobiographies--famous players burnishing their image or
attempting to set the record straight within carefully
controlled memoirs. No one has been willing to do a book
that pulls back the curtain and presents an honest,
no-holds-barred look into the ultimate gentleman's sport and
the larger-than-life personalities that inhabit it. Patrick
McEnroe does just that. Curious to know which marquee player threw a tantrum and
bailed early on a tournament? Why Roger Federer, presumably
the greatest player of all time, has a losing head-to-head
record with Rafael Nadal? Why certain tennis prodigies
burned out early? The real role of coaches like Nick
Bollettieri? Which player is as much of a diva off the court
as on? The greatest match ever played? In Hardcourt
Confidential, McEnroe uses his twenty-five-plus years in the
trenches of the game to tell true tales and wild stories
about the players you think you know (from Sampras to Agassi
to Roddick to the Williams sisters), how and why the game
has changed since he first swung a racket, and what the
future holds in store for American tennis. McEnroe takes an
unapologetic look at the men, women, and events of the past
three decades, right up to the epic Federer vs. Nadal
rivalry that dominates the game today. He's got a lot to say
and he's not afraid to say it.
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