Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played Wertheim L. JonPaperback
Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played Wertheim L. JonPaperback In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. He just…
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Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played Wertheim L. JonPaperback
In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. He just needed to cling to his trajectory. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game.
Only it wasn't a crowning for the Swiss heir apparent but for a swashbuckling Spaniard. So in the last few moments of daylight, Centre Court witnessed a coronation. 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 everything that is right about tennis--a festival of skill, accuracy, grace, strength, speed, endurance, determination, and sportsmanship." It was also the encapsulation of a fascinating rivalry, hard fought and of historic proportions.In the tradition of John McPhee's classic Levels of the Game,