false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255728749m/5980694.jpg 5980694 2 <DIV>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. <P></P><P></P>In the tradition of John McPhee’s classic <I>Levels of the Game, Strokes of Genius </I>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. <P></P></DIV> 6154031 4 6 2009 Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played total:64|5:20|4:32|3:7|2:5|1:0| 64 259 112 21 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:23:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 08:11:29 -0700 2009
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The book covers much more than just the components of the match, such as shots, drama, etc. Wertheim really delves...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 12:55:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 12:59:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 10:38:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:54:38 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 09:48:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 09:56:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:21:53 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:23:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:12:16 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:29:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 14 09:11:50 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 09:11:50 -0700 2009
Wertheim has a flare for the obvious.
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