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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Racket games
A very special new edition of this beautiful and award-winning
official coffee table book which celebrates one of sport's most
historic and iconic venues as it celebrates its 100th birthday. The
Centre Court at Wimbledon is known throughout the world and is
famous for the legends who have graced its hallowed grass and the
wonderful matches that have been played out in front of awed
sold-out crowds. It truly is a fantastic theatre where players meet
with 'triumph or disaster'. As it reaches its centenary year,
Centre Court's place in the pantheon of sporting theatres is
assured - and this book is a fitting tribute to its rich history.
Boris's story is almost without parallel in tennis, from
astonishing teenage talent, to Wimbledon champion, to a renowned
television commentator, manager, and coach of one of the world's
greatest contemporary players, Novak Djokovic. In this wonderful
illustrated autobiography, Boris shares his unique story, tracing
his career through the many changes in the game but which has, at
its heart, his loving relationship with Wimbledon, the place where
it all began for him. Boris talks frankly about his own career, how
it transformed his life and those of so many others, reflecting on
what it was like to play in the era of McEnroe, Connors, Lendl and
Edberg - about the highs and lows of his life as played on the
grand stage of Centre Court, and tennis' other great arenas; the
changes that have transpired in fitness, the media, the partying,
the equipment, the tactics, the personalities, the technology, and
the commerce.
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