{"product_id":"strokes-of-genius-federer-nadal-and-the-greatest-match-ever-played-9780547336947","title":"Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 2008 Wimbledon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of John McPhee's classic \u003ci\u003eLevels of the Game, Strokes of Genius \u003c\/i\u003edeconstructs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWertheim, L. Jon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - L. JON WERTHEIM is an executive editor at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eBlood in the Cage, \u003c\/i\u003e a chronicle of the rise of mixed martial arts, and \u003ci\u003eRunning the Table, \u003c\/i\u003e about a bipolar pool hustler named Kid Delicious. His work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e numerous times.","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648857903378,"sku":"9780547336947","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff39cee1-e787-4cba-a1a9-8a7d7868467e.jpg?v=1733251015","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strokes-of-genius-federer-nadal-and-the-greatest-match-ever-played-9780547336947","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}