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02328cam a2200397 a 4500 001 8CAF26BA82A811DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20210729012405 008 090211s2009 mau 000 0deng 010 $a 2009005595 020 $a 0547232802 020 $a 9780547232805 035 $a (OCoLC)262426488 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d KAY $d SILO 050 00 $a GV999 $b .W47 2009 082 00 $a 796.34209421/2 $2 22 100 1 $a Wertheim, L. Jon. 245 1 $a Strokes of genius : $b Federer, Nadal, and the greatest match ever played / $c L. Jon Wertheim. 260 $a Boston : $b Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $c 2009. 300 $a 211 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game. Yet in the last few moments of daylight, swashbuckling Spaniard Rafael Nadal prevailed in what was, according to the author, "essentially a four-hour, forty-eight-minute infomercial for everything that is right about tennis." This book deconstructs this defining moment in sport, using that match as the backbone of a provocative, thoughtful, and entertaining look at the science, art, psychology, technology, strategy, and personality that go into a single tennis match. With vivid, intimate detail, Wertheim re-creates this epic battle in a book that is both a study of the mechanics and art of the game and the portrait of a dramatic rivalry.--From publisher description. 611 20 $a Wimbledon Championships. 600 10 $a Federer, Roger, $d 1981- 600 10 $a Nadal, Rafael, $d 1986- 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009005595-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009005595-d.html 941 $a 7 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417012206.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204054908.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110040700.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20180127012421.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418071748.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090806113132.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8CAF26BA82A811DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search