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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Racket games
This book contains every result at the Wimbledon Men's and Ladies'
Singles Championships since the open era began in 1968. For the
2015 edition, there are full details of all 256 players taking part
in the main draws, their rankings before and after the tournament
and their 5-year performance at Wimbledon. Results from the
Roehampton qualifying competition are also included. The statistics
section contains a point-by-point record of the finals as well as
statistics for the matches and set by set. This 329-page book is a
complete record of the 2015 tournament, and a fully detailed
reference of the open era at Wimbledon.
Howard's story which traces his love of tennis from an early age
and throughout to his 70th year, reveals his innermost thoughts and
feelings during match-play. Despite his modest achievements he
reflects on the competitive joy and aspirations of so many tennis
players. Emanating from the stories and descriptive events told in
each chapter, several universal themes recur. "Critical moments"
which helped to shape the future along with "lessons learned;"
"dealing with success and failure;" "technical points;"
"resilience;" those "lighter moments" which occur on and off the
court and finally adherence to the "sporting ethos" which others
share and which consolidates so many friendships.
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