Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2003 - Sports & Recreation - 320 pages
In this outstanding collection of essays and interviews, Paul Fein takes the reader into the world of the pro tennis tour with inside scoops about the game's greatest stars, past and present.

Tennis Confidential includes interviews with such all-time greats as Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, and Jimmy Connors along with essays about the careers of other stars like Andre Agassi, the Williams sisters, Jennifer Capriati, and Anna Kournikova. Fein also reviews the careers of pioneering players like Martina Navratilova, Bjorn Borg, and Rod Laver.

Tennis Confidential tackles the issues that confront the sport today, from the media's fascination with teenage players on the women's tour to the changes in the game caused by new racket designs and tactical innovations. Fein also reviews the ten greatest matches in tennis history. He gives fans at every level a unique perspective on the game and its history.
 

Contents

PART 2 Memorable Interviews
67
PART 3 Topical Trends and Burning Issues
135
PART 4 The Great Controversies
187
PART 5 TwentiethCentury Retrospectives
233
PART 6 The Ten Greatest Matches in Tennis History
263
Index
303
About the Author
319
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Paul Fein is a renowned tennis journalist and author of Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies (Brassey's, Inc., 2002) and You Can Quote Me on That: Greatest Tennis Quips, Insights, and Zingers (Potomac Books, Inc., 2005). His articles have appeared in the United States and twenty-five foreign countries, and earned over twenty-five writing awards. Fein's diverse tennis background includes being a top-ten sectional tournament player, satellite tournament founder and director, USPTA teaching pro, New England tournament consultant, cable TV commentator, and tennis club and council president. He lives in Agawam, Massachusetts.

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