The Racket: –Paperback – by Conor Niland

Publisher : Sandycove (6 June 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1844886417
Item Weight : 320 g
Dimensions : 15.4 x 2.4 x 23.4 cm

15.4 x 2.4 x 23.4 cm THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER ‘Well worth a read if you want the inside track on life on the lower rungs of the tennis circuit. Warts and all.’ Judy Murray ‘ A s elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand … It?s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.’ Ed Caesar ‘A really wonderful read … Conor Niland has delivered an all-timer for tennis and sports journalism’ Ashlee Vance ‘Conor Niland may only have managed a career-high ranking of 129 ? only ? that is some achievement in itself! ? but The Racket, his account of how he managed this, is up there with the best half-dozen books on tennis ever written.’ Geoff Dyer ?Genuinely such a brilliant book, a brilliant read? Ciar?n Murphy, Second Captains Podcast ?One of the best Irish sports books of the last decade? Kieran Shannon, Irish Examiner —- When Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri’s famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy. Conor Niland knows what it’s like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing room ( ‘Ciao, bonjour, hello!’ ), and he has had the exquisitely terrible experience of facing Novak Djokovic in the world’s biggest tennis stadium – while suffering from food poisoning. But he never reached the very top. The Racket is the story of pro tennis’s 99%: the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam t