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NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY * THE NEW YORKER * NPR * TOWN & COUNTRY * The story of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, and their epic rivalry, as told by "the best tennis writer in America" (Brian Phillips, The Ringer). For more than two decades, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and...

The definitive biography of American tennis legend Pancho Gonzales, whose historic back-to-back U.S. National Championships in 1948 and 1949 shattered barriers in a predominantly white sport before he went on to reign as the world’s top professional player for much of the following decade...

Does your child look great in practice but seem to disappear when the whistle blows? Helping Your Child Win the Inner Game on Match Day gives you a practical game plan to help them handle nerves, pressure and mistakes so their true ability shows up on match day.

In practice, you beat these players. In matches, you don't. The serve that never misses in the warm-up breaks on break point. You've been told for years to "just be tougher" and it has never once told you what to actually do. Tougher is a wish. This book is a system. Tennis Under Pressure is about training the brain that walks onto the court. Written by a coach with twenty-five years on the bench and twelve state titles behind him, it takes apart what really happens to a player at 5-3 in the third and gives you the tools to change it.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A “thoroughly captivating biography” (The San Francisco Chronicle) of American icon Arthur Ashe—the Jackie Robinson of men’s tennis—a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and...

El ocho veces ganador del circuito Grand Slam, dos copas Davis y la medalla olímpica en Atlanta 1996, además de número 1 del ranking global durante casi 100 semanas, Andre Agassi es uno de los más preclaros talentos del tenis de las últimas décadas.

'Is there any expectation? I'm a qualifier, so there's no pressure on me!' In 2021, Emma Raducanu shocked and charmed the tennis world as she raced to the US Open title with a smile on her face. But how did a little-known 18-year-old from Kent become the first ever qualifier to win a Major? Now...

LOVE NETFLIX'S FINDING HER EDGE? Jennifer Iacopelli serves strawberries and steam in this spicy rivals-to-lovers tennis sports romance and sizzling summer read for Wimbledon and Challengers fans. Love means nothing in tennis. . . Penny Harrison is a sports icon in-the-making, and, with the...

Do you struggle to play your best doubles tennis? Do your usual singles tactics suddenly fail with a doubles partner? Even the most experienced players can be completely frustrated. The good news is there are some highly effective, simple to use tactics to truly transform and evolve your game. For competition or recreation, get the keys for real success on the doubles court.

Découvrez la biographie d'Andre Agassi, l'un des plus grands athlètes de tous les temps et l'un des hommes les plus doués à avoir jamais foulé un court de tennis ! À 18 ans, le "kid de Las Vegas" était le troisième joueur de tennis et à 19 ans, il avait déjà gagné plus de 2 millions de dollars. Andre Agassi est le seul joueur de l'histoire à avoir remporté les sept titres les plus prestigieux du tennis en simple messieurs. Il a atteint la première place mondiale.

Get your head in the game. Master Your Tennis Game serves up quick mental techniques, tactics, and tips for boosting your overall performance and beating your opponents. Train your brain and be the best tennis player you can be. Concise, fun, and easy to listen to, this book offers 50 practical and actionable methods that show you how to stay calm and concentrate during any tennis game. Even if your rival is tough competition, outsmart them with these targeted mental approaches.

Are you ready now to stop watching pickleball from the sidelines and step onto the court with confidence? The Complete Guide to Pickleball for Beginners gives you a clear, practical seven-day roadmap from uncertain newcomer to court-ready player. No tennis background, perfect coordination, or years of practice are required. This beginner-friendly guide breaks confusing rules and unfamiliar terms into simple, actionable lessons.

This book draws on the insights of professional tennis to create the ultimately profound CEO’s Guide to Tennis. For players who have been brushed aside in tennis due to their age and late start (aka the late bloomer), this guide discloses in full detail how to have modern tennis technique with Vincent Simone, the "Tennis Doctor" as your teacher.

This audiobook will show you tested methods to make you psychologically strong and give you the ability to deal with any situation on the tennis court. You can take control of the moments that matter by becoming mentally strong. Master the inner game and you will master tennis and take your game to the next level.

Roger Federer is not only one of the greatest tennis players ever to pick up a racket - if not the greatest - but he is one of the global icons of our time. Characterised by a mixture of passion and calmness, a fierce competitor with a regal bearing, he is both an athlete and an ambassador, a...

Chris Jackson's new thoughtful and brilliantly written study of Federer as a man, player and aesthetic and moral figure of our times outplays even Foster Wallace's magisterial writing on this greatest of all tennis champions. Updated for its audio release, here is the most profound, insightful and elegant book ever written about the greatest sportsman of our time.

Rafael Nadal, der sechs Jahre lang die Weltrangliste anführte, ist der ungekrönte König des Sandplatztennis und einer der wenigen Tennisspieler, die alle vier Grand-Slam-Turniere gewannen. In seiner Autobiografie enthüllt der bedeutendste Tennisspieler seiner Generation, was ihn zum Champion werden ließ. Von seiner Kindheit in Mallorca über die Zeit als vielversprechendes Nachwuchstalent bis zum denkwürdigen Wimbledon-Sieg 2008 gegen Roger Federer, den John McEnroe als "das größte Tennismatch, das je gespielt wurde" bezeichnete.

Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts. From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to the present day, we bear witness to struggles around sexuality, gender, race, and class that have transformed the nature of tennis and sport itself.

In this fascinating collection of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive, Martina Navratilova talks about her life and career as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. The interviews included are: BBC Radio interview (first broadcast 1 June 1978, featuring Gerald Williams); BBC...

For much of the past decade, William Skidelsky has not been able to stop thinking about Roger Federer, the greatest and most graceful tennis player of all time. It's a devotion that has been all-consuming. In Federer and Me, Skidelsky asks what it is about the Swiss star that transfixes him, and countless others. He dissects the wonders of his forehand, reflects on his rivalry with Nadal, revels in his victories and relives his most crushing defeats. But this is more than just a book about Federer.