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Tennis's Strangest Matches

- Extraordinary but True Stories from Over Five Centuries of Tennis
Af: Peter Seddon Engelsk Paperback

Tennis's Strangest Matches

- Extraordinary but True Stories from Over Five Centuries of Tennis
Af: Peter Seddon Engelsk Paperback
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In this hugely entertaining collection of stories taken from over a hundred years of world tennis history, award-winning sports historian Peter Seddon has gathered together the most extraordinary events ever to occur on a tennis court.They include the Wimbledon final between the tea-drinking vicar and a convicted murderer, and the ‘Match of the Century’ between the ‘Women’s Libber’ and the ‘Male Chauvinist Pig’. There are matches played on board ship and on the wings of an airborne plane, a game played in full regimental dress, and meet the player who rated himself so highly he played an entire match while carrying someone ‘piggy-back’. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of tennis fanatics, this book is a unique look at the curiosities of an endlessly popular sport, revealing the ‘strawberries and cream’ game as you’ve never seen it before.Word count: 45,000
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In this hugely entertaining collection of stories taken from over a hundred years of world tennis history, award-winning sports historian Peter Seddon has gathered together the most extraordinary events ever to occur on a tennis court.They include the Wimbledon final between the tea-drinking vicar and a convicted murderer, and the ‘Match of the Century’ between the ‘Women’s Libber’ and the ‘Male Chauvinist Pig’. There are matches played on board ship and on the wings of an airborne plane, a game played in full regimental dress, and meet the player who rated himself so highly he played an entire match while carrying someone ‘piggy-back’. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of tennis fanatics, this book is a unique look at the curiosities of an endlessly popular sport, revealing the ‘strawberries and cream’ game as you’ve never seen it before.Word count: 45,000
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781910232958
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1910232955
Kategori: Tennis
Udg. Dato: 9 jun 2016
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 9 jun 2016
Forfatter(e): Peter Seddon
Forfatter(e) Peter Seddon


Kategori Tennis


ISBN-13 9781910232958


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 256


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 9 jun 2016


Oplagsdato 9 jun 2016


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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