Roger Federer: The Greatest
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Tennis seems absent at the moment – it should be happening, but it’s nowhere to be seen. Courts around the world, including in the UK, have been closed. The Australian Open feels like a long way off having been delayed into February. And Federer himself, it is rumoured, will not make a return to the professional circuit until March.
In these times when Federer isn’t playing or when tennis is an all but distant possibility, books are a superb way to delve into Federer’s story and connect with tennis again. Here are, in my opinion, the top five books on the great man.
Federesque (Beyond the Lens, )
Writer Mark Hodgkinson collaborates with the photographer Antoine Couvercelle to produce Federesque – the first coffee table book on Federer. Full-page images and brief brushstrokes of text make it ideal for dipping in and out of.
A true enthusiast’s book, the writing, and pictures are divided into themes that Federer fans will recognise – emotion, artistry, humility, immortality, elegance, and perfection. With this different approach to looking at his career, Federesque invokes interest and admiration without getting lost in too much detail.
The Circuit – A Tennis Odyssey (Pica
The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer
September 24, This was a fantastic biography of Roger Federer and a (RF-centric) portrayal of a golden age of tennis. While it isn’t written in elegiac fashion, it’s hard not to fill with nostalgia while progressing through it, realizing that its publication very likely marks the end of one of sports’ most storied careers. I also really enjoyed the tone of Clarey’s reporting - it treated Federer as a real human, without failing to acknowledge the many ways in which he is truly extraordinary as an athlete and individual. And, the quality of the access Clarey got - to Federer as well as to tons of peers and tennis legends (including Sampras, Agassi, Roddick and others) who really help to situate his greatness in context - really stands out. I’d highly recommend this book to any serious tennis fan, as well as any sports fans looking to better understand the story of an athlete who truly transcended his sport.
I took away two major points about Federer and his career:
1. While perceptions and coverage of his game often use words like ‘effortless’, Clarey goes to great lengths to demonstrate exactly how much effort has g
Roger Federer: The Definitive Biography
Roger Federer is not only one of the greatest tennis players ever to pick up a racket - if not the greatest - but he is one of the global icons of our time. Characterised by a mixture of passion and calmness, a fierce competitor with a regal bearing, he is both an athlete and an ambassador, a street fighter and a statesman.
But who is he really? And what are the experiences and influences that have shaped him into the world figure he is today?
This acclaimed biography, first published in and now fully updated in its ninth edition, traces Federer's life and career, from his first tentative swings with a racket to legendary status. The vastly experienced writer, broadcaster and tennis historian Chris Bowers talked exclusively to many of the people who helped shape the young Roger Federer, and together with his own experiences following Federer's career from his junior title at Wimbledon at age sixteen to his twentieth major title nineteen years later, he presents an affectionate and analytical portrait of one of the great names of modern-day sport.
His book has enough information to satisfy the most voracious Federer fan, an
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1. While perceptions and coverage of his game often use words like ‘effortless’, Clarey goes to great lengths to demonstrate exactly how much effort has g
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Roger Federer is not only one of the greatest tennis players ever to pick up a racket - if not the greatest - but he is one of the global icons of our time. Characterised by a mixture of passion and calmness, a fierce competitor with a regal bearing, he is both an athlete and an ambassador, a street fighter and a statesman.
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