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Hard Courts: Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.342
EAN: 9780679741060
ISBN: 0679741062
Label: Villard
Manufacturer: Villard
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: May 19, 1992
Publisher: Villard
Release Date: May 19, 1992
Studio: Villard
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Editorial Review:
Though John Feinstein made his mark writing about basketball-- A Season on the Brink is one of the top sports books ever--he's always had a love of tennis. For Hard Courts, he spent nearly 15 months interviewing the players, coaches, managers, tournament officials, agents and fans -- more than 200 people in all -- that make-up the international tennis circuit. What he found wasn't always as pretty as a Pete Sampras backhand. While Feinstein touches on the scandal and corruption that is as much a part of tennis as any other professional sport, he offers revealing profiles of the greatest players and a celebratory tribute to the sport's elegant tradition.
The new edition of this bestseller in hardcover features never-before-published, all-new inside info on the money, personalities and politics of pro-tennis: Jimmy, Monica, Boris, Martina, et al. Now in paper.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Real Life On The Tour
Though it now reads like a history of early '90's tennis, when this book first came out I pored over it with excitement to find out what the lives of my favorite players were like. All the big names of fifteen years ago are here: Sampras, Navratalova, Selles, Graf, Courier, Agassi, Fernandez, Vicario, McEnroe, Edberg and Lendl. Great champions all. This is set over the course of one full year on the circuit, from the Australian Open in January, to the end of season tournaments that follow the conclusion ... Read More
Rating:  - Controversial Tour of the ATP Tennis Circuit
It's a nerve wracking sport played at a high level. Different in that there's an opponent standing within yourself and across the net.
This excellent journalist brings his intensity, investigative style and chronicles the sports heroes at the turn of the '90s, both men and women.
Many of the games stars are as high-strung as their rackets. Feinstein paints them all here.
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