Roger Federer. The Greatest

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London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, 2011. — 180 p. — ISBN: 978 1 84358 389 9Who is the greatest? It’s a question asked by children in the school playground, by people discussing legends over a drink in the bar, by journalists trying to assess the relative merits of a body of work, and by countless others. They all want to know who the greatest in a certain discipline is. The question is asked slightly differently in this book. Since winning the French Open and Wimbledon in 2009, the tennis world is pretty much united in its recognition of Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time. But who is he? Where does he come from? How has his route to greatness shaped him? And what lessons from the Federer legend are there for others to learn, especially parents who may have equally gifted offspring and aren’t sure entirely how to help them? The aim of this book is to give greater understanding of the personality and – with all due caveats to what he might yet go on to achieve – chart the body of work that has made this remarkable sportsman and inspirational person the greatest in tennis. If it achieves any of that, it will have served its purpose.CONTENTS Title Page Epigraph Note Author’s Introduction The Youth of a Champion Transition to he Tour Grand Slam Champion Nadal the Nemesis The Greatest Bibliography Plates About the Author Copyright