Love Game: A History Of Tennis, From Victorian Pastime To Global Phenomenon

Love Game: A History Of Tennis, From Victorian Pastime To Global Phenomenon

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Tennis Has Never Been Played Better Than It Is Today. To Watch Rafael Nadal Spin A Forehand At 4000 Rpm, Maria Sharapova Arabesque Out Of A Serve, Serena Williams Utterly Destroy A Short Ball, Or Roger Federer Touch A Volley Into An Impossibly Angled Winner Is To Watch Not Only The Best Players With The Best Coaching Hitting With The Best Racquets, It Is To Watch The Culmination Of An Entire History. Love Game Is Different From Most Tennis Booksit Isnt A Ghostwritten Biography, And It Wont Teach You How To Slice Your Serve. Its A Book About Tenniss Grand Culture, One That Unveils The Sports Long History As It Lives And Breathes (Or Grunts) In The Modern Game.No One Is Better Equipped To Tell This Story Than Novelist And Historian Elizabeth Wilson. With A Penchant For Tenniss Inherent Drama, She Finds Its Core: A Psychological Face Off Between Flamboyant Personalities Navigating The Ebbs And Flows Of Fortune In The Confines Of A 78 X 36Foot Boxwhether Of Clay, Grass, Or Decoturf. Walking The Finely Kempt Lawns Of Victorian England, She Shows How Tenniss Early Role As A Social Pastime That Included Both Men And Womenand Thus, Lots Of Sexual Tensionset It Apart From Most Other Sports And Their Dominant Masculine Appeal. Even Today, When Power And Endurance Are More Important Than Ever, Tennis Still Demands That The Body Behave Gracefully And With Finesse. In This Way, Wilson Shows, Tennis Has Retained The Vibrant Spectacle Of Human Drama And Beauty That Have Always Made It Special, Not Just To Sports Fans But To Popular Culture.Telling The Stories Of All The Greats, From The Renshaw Brothers To Novak Djokovic, And Of All The Advances, From Wooden Racquets To Network Television Schedules, Wilson Offers A Tennis Book Like No Other, Keeping The Court Square In Our Sights As History Is Illuminated Around It.

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