Best Tennis Match Ever - April 2024

Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

In 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 everyth... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547336942
• ASIN: 0547336942
• ISBN: 0547336942
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played

Before Federer versus Nadal, before Borg versus McEnroe, the greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world's number one tennis player against the number two; America against Germany; democracy against fascism. For five superhuman sets, the duo’s brilliant shotmaking kept the Centre Court crowd–and the world–spellbound.But the match’s significance extended well beyond the immaculate grass courts o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 030739395X
• ASIN: 030739395X
• ISBN: 030739395X
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

• ASIN: B003T0G9E4
• ASIN: B003T0G9E4
• Manufacturer: Random House

Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices

This bestselling DIY handbook now features new and expanded projects, enabling ordinary folks to construct 16 awesome ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops using inexpensive household or hardware store materials and this step-by-step guide. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple match-powered rocket to the more complex tabletop catapult and the offbeat Cincinnati fire kite. The classic potato cannon has a new evil twin—the piezo-electric spud gun and the electromagnetic pipe gun has joined the company of such favorit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1613740646
• ASIN: 1613740646
• ISBN: 1613740646
• Brand: Independent Publishers Group
• Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

Tennis Strategy: How To Beat Any Style Player - Quick-Fix Book

Note: This book was revised and updated with the most current statistical analytics (IBM) on winning patterns of play, targets, and how beat any style player tactics in 2018.This (quick-fix) book gives you the tactics and mental philosophy to beat any style player, singles or doubles. The tips are pointed, cut right to the chase, are in layman’s terms and summarized into powerful bullet point sections for (instant access). The book is the culmination of 38 years coaching, 50,000 hours on-court experience, years of seeking uncommon knowledge, and decades of creating the most (efficient and e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1514729717
• ASIN: 1514729717
• ISBN: 1514729717
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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• ASIN: B003062GEE
• ASIN: B003062GEE
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master

The tennis classic from Olympic gold medalist and ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert, now featuring a new introduction with tips drawn from the strategies of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Andy Murray, and more, to help you outthink and outplay your toughest opponentsA former Olympic medalist and now one of ESPN’s most respected analysts, Brad Gilbert shares his timeless tricks and tips, including “some real gems” (Tennis magazine) to help both recreational and professional players improve their game. In the new introduction to this third edition, Gilbert uses his inside access t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009K5DOTA
• ASIN: B009K5DOTA
• Brand: Touchstone
• Manufacturer: Touchstone

Match Point

• ASIN: B015O6N0EW
• ASIN: B015O6N0EW

The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life — Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process

In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and discipline, traits that seem elusive or difficult to maintain. In this enticing and practical book, Thomas Sterner demonstrates how to learn skills for any aspect of life, from golfing to business to parenting, by learning to love the process.Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If we had given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, we would never have learned to walk or tie our shoes. So why, as adults, do we often give ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1608680908
• UPC: 884930604978
• ASIN: 1608680908
• ISBN: 1608680908
• Brand: New World Library
• Manufacturer: New World Library

Levels of the Game

This account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968 begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games.

• ASIN: 0374515263
• ASIN: 0374515263
• ISBN: 0374515263
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers

Learn table tennis tactics from USATT Certified National Coach and Hall of Famer Larry Hodges. Includes tactics against different styles, grips, and surfaces as well as tactical and strategic thinking. The book opens with this: "Tactics isn't about finding complex strategies to defeat an opponent. Tactics is about sifting through all the zillions of possible tactics and finding a few simple ones that work." The book then explores the tactical and strategic development needed to have the specific tactical tools needed in any given match - your "tactical toolbox." "Larry has done an excellent j... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1477643788
• ASIN: 1477643788
• ISBN: 1477643788
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Game, Set, Match (Love Match Book 1)

• ASIN: B0090QWA1M
• ASIN: B0090QWA1M
• Manufacturer: Sankofa Girl

Strokes of Genius 9: Creative Discoveries (Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing)

Celebrating the best drawings by contemporary artists!   The celebrated Strokes of Genius series follows the beautiful, ongoing story of contemporary drawing through the work and words of some of today's top artists. Focusing on the theme "Creative Discoveries," this thoughtfully curated 9th edition features the artists’ most compelling aha! moments. Triggers for these artistic epiphanies are wide ranging--from experiments with new materials, to private meanderings in a little notebook, to fleeting moments of magical light, and one particularly charismatic pelican. Artists and art lovers al... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440347069
• UPC: 035313666698
• ASIN: 1440347069
• ISBN: 1440347069
• Brand: North Light Books
• Manufacturer: North Light Books

The Secrets of Spanish Tennis

What makes Spanish tennis so unique and successful? What exactly are those Spanish coaches doing so differently to develop superstars like Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer that other systems are not doing? These and other questions are answered in The Secrets of Spanish Tennis, the culmination of five years of study on the Spanish way of training by USTA High Performance Coach Chris Lewit. He visited many of the top Spanish academies and studied and interviewed some of the leading coaches in Spain to discern and distill this unique and special training methodology.

• ASIN: 1937559491
• ASIN: 1937559491
• ISBN: 9781937559496
• Manufacturer: New Chapter Press

The Singles Game

The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Revenge Wears Prada—a dishy tell-all about a beautiful tennis prodigy who, after changing coaches, suddenly makes headlines on and off the court.How far would you go to reach the top? When America’s sweetheart, Charlotte “Charlie” Silver, makes a pact with the devil, the infamously brutal coach Todd Feltner, Good Girl Charlie is banished. After all, no one ever wins big by playing nice. Charlie finds herself catapulted into a world of celebrity stylists, private parties, charity events on mega-yachts,... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0176M3XQM
• ASIN: B0176M3XQM
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

TREK Vermilion 30 oz - Best Tennis Mom Ever Tumbler

Best Tennis Mom Ever TREK Vermilion 30 oz Stainless Steel

• UPC: 424160082

A Terrible Splendor : Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played

A book like no other in its weaving of social significance and athletic spectacle, this soul-stirring account is ultimately a tribute to the strength of the human spirit. The deciding 1937 Davis Cup tennis match

• UPC: 11992513
• Rating: 4.25

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever., Two Tone Black Mug, 11oz

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• UPC: 153754222
• Model: mug_195232_4
• Color: Black
• Size: N/A

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. - Two Tone Red Mug, 11-ounce

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• UPC: 639028772
• Model: mug_195232_5
• Color: WhiteRed/White
• Size: 11 fl oz11 oz

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. - Two Tone Blue Mug, 11-ounce

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• UPC: 322167613
• Model: mug_195232_6
• Color: WhiteBlue/White
• Size: 11 fl oz11 oz

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. - Two Tone Yellow Mug, 11-ounce

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• UPC: 988945351
• Model: mug_195232_8
• Color: Yellow

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. - Two Tone Green Mug, 11-ounce

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• UPC: 616575926
• Model: mug_195232_7
• Color: WhiteGreen/White
• Size: 11 fl oz11 oz

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. - Mouse Pad, 8 by 8-inch

Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. Mouse Pad is 8" x 8" x .25" and is made of heavy-duty recycled rubber. Matte finish image will not fade or peel. Machine washable using a mild detergent and

• UPC: 397891662
• Model: mp_195232_1

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. - Magic Transforming Mug, 11-ounce

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• UPC: 975608937
• Model: mug_195232_3
• Color: Black/WhiteBlack
• Size: 11 fl oz11 oz

3dRose Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever., Ceramic Mug, 11-ounce

Tennis - Best. Coach. Ever. Mug available in both 11 oz and 15 oz. Why drink out of an ordinary mug when a custom printed mug is so much cooler? This ceramic mug is lead

• UPC: 109430479
• Model: mug_195232_1
• Color: White