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The circuit : a tennis odyssey / Rowan Ricardo Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Rowan Ricardo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- ATP Tour (Organization).
- Tennis--Tournaments.
- Tennis.
- Tennis players.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
- Summary:
- "A multigenre exploration of the 2017 pro tennis season"-- Provided by publisher.
- The annual tennis schedule is a rarity in professional sports in that it encapsulates the calendar year. And like the year, it is divided into four seasons, each marked by a final tournament: the Grand Slams. Phillips charts the year 2017, from winter's Australian Open, where Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renewed their rivalry in a match for the ages, to fall's U.S. Open. Along the way he captures not only the emotions, nerves, and ruthless tactics of the point-by-point game but also the quicksilver movement of victory and defeat on the tour, placing that sense of upheaval within a broader cultural and social context. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Ready...play
- Winter
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall.
- ISBN:
- 9780374123772
- 0374123772
- OCLC:
- 1040118533
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