The Warrior (rafael Nadal And His Kingdom Of Clay)

By (author) Clarey Christopher
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From the bestselling author of The Master, an intimate, original biography of tennis legend Rafael Nadal, and the first to cover his entire career.
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From the bestselling author of The Master, longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

An intimate, original biography of tennis legend Rafael Nadal, and the first to cover his entire career.

After his award-winning look at Roger Federer, Christopher Clarey, one of the world''s pre-eminent tennis writers, focuses his lens on Nadal, the Spanish force of nature. When he arrived on the scene in 2005, the record for men''s singles titles at the French Open stood at six. Nadal more than doubled that total to a mind-blowing fourteen titles: one of the greatest sporting achievements in history.

Nadal won big and won often on all of tennis''s surfaces: securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and six on the US Open and Australian Open hard courts. But clay, the grittiest of the game''s playgrounds, is where it all came together best for his whipping forehand and warrior mindset.

Clarey, who has covered Nadal since he was seventeen, draws on interviews over twenty years with Nadal, his team and rivals like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Brimming with behind-the-scenes insight, The Warrior tells the story of a global sporting icon, interlacing man and place in a unique, must-read account of the evolution of excellence.

Biographical note:
Christopher Clarey was the long-time tennis correspondent for the New York Times and covered international sports for more than thirty years for the New York Times and International Herald Tribune, where he was chief sports correspondent and columnist. He is the author of The Master: The Brilliant Career of Roger Federer which was a New York Times bestseller.
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Praise for Christopher Clarey:

In this entertaining and deeply researched book, Christopher Clarey, the top tennis writer of today, tells the story of how Federer became one of our sport''s greatest champions and how much harder it was than he made it look

Style married with substance. Heft married with levity. Polished, detail-oriented, executed with grace

Roger Federer plays tennis like Michelangelo painted: every stroke is perfection, the end result a masterpiece. Christopher Clarey captured just that

Clarey is a rare combination: the consummate insider with an objective lens. With THE MASTER, he delivers a deep and enlightening view of Roger''s life and career that sports fans will be parsing for decades

An iconic master in his own field, Clarey is the perfect writer to wrap up the gift that is Roger Federer''s career. You''re not going to get a better look into his life, personality, and character . . . I have deep respect for Christopher''s fair and thoughtful journalism