The right set : a tennis anthology / edited and with an introduction by Caryl Phillips.

Contributor(s):

Phillips, Caryl [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1999Description: xiii, 327 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0375706461

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

796.342 21 R.

Contents:

I. The history of the game: Lawn tennis, the sturdy bastard / Heiner Gillmeister -- The first Wimbledon / A. Wallis Myers -- Lawn tennis in America / Heiner Gillmeister -- The first American championships / Richard D. Sears. II. The great match: The goddess and the American girl / Larry Engelmann -- Lenglen, Wills match at Cannes / James Thurber -- My match against Mlle Lenglen / Helen Wills -- Two queens / Ferdinand Tuohy. III. The old guard: Tilden, the American mountain / Ted Tinling -- Lacoste defeats Tilden in US final / Allison Danzig -- My matches against Helen Wills Moody / Helen Jacobs -- The finest athlete I ever saw / George Lott -- A little bit of luck / Fred Perry. IV. Money and tennis: The show on the road / Fred Perry -- The lowdown on amateur tennis / Pancho Gonzalez -- Pancho and the challenge / Lew Hoad -- Grooming Monica / Nick Bollettieri. V. Race and nationality: Cernik and I choose exile / Jaroslav Drobny -- Levels of the game / John McPhee -- The Davis Cup / Arthur Ashe -- The commuter / Martina Navratilova -- States / Martina Navratilova -- Venus, the great experiment / David Higdon -- The burden of race / Arthur Ashe. VI. Women and tennis: Tennis for the ladies / Heiner Gillmeister -- Always on the cusp / Billie Jean King -- Ladies of the evening / Martina Navratilova -- The forbidden zone / Michael Mewshaw. VII. Artistry and psychology: Footwork and the preservation of rhythm and balance / Suzanne Lenglen -- Winning / Althea Gibson -- The style of Rod Laver / Julius D. Heldman -- Levels of the game / John McPhee -- The mental aspects of tennis / Martina Navratilova. VIII. The modern personalities: You've come a long way, Billie / Grace Lichtenstein -- Chris Evert, the cold and absolute fire / Peter Bodo -- Jimmy Connors / Rich Koster -- Becker / Gordon Burn -- Educating Andre / Martha Sherrill. IX. Tradition and the game: Lawn tennis / Robert D. Osborn -- Etiquette / Helen Wills -- Court manners and etiquette / Rod Laver -- 'You cannot be serious' / John Feinstein -- Tennis personalities / Martin Amis -- My life with Gabriela Sabatini / Alistair Cooke.

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"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

I. The history of the game: Lawn tennis, the sturdy bastard / Heiner Gillmeister --
The first Wimbledon / A. Wallis Myers --
Lawn tennis in America / Heiner Gillmeister --
The first American championships / Richard D. Sears. II. The great match: The goddess and the American girl / Larry Engelmann --
Lenglen, Wills match at Cannes / James Thurber --
My match against Mlle Lenglen / Helen Wills --
Two queens / Ferdinand Tuohy. III. The old guard: Tilden, the American mountain / Ted Tinling --
Lacoste defeats Tilden in US final / Allison Danzig --
My matches against Helen Wills Moody / Helen Jacobs --
The finest athlete I ever saw / George Lott --
A little bit of luck / Fred Perry. IV. Money and tennis: The show on the road / Fred Perry --
The lowdown on amateur tennis / Pancho Gonzalez --
Pancho and the challenge / Lew Hoad --
Grooming Monica / Nick Bollettieri. V. Race and nationality: Cernik and I choose exile / Jaroslav Drobny --
Levels of the game / John McPhee --
The Davis Cup / Arthur Ashe --
The commuter / Martina Navratilova --
States / Martina Navratilova --
Venus, the great experiment / David Higdon --
The burden of race / Arthur Ashe. VI. Women and tennis: Tennis for the ladies / Heiner Gillmeister --
Always on the cusp / Billie Jean King --
Ladies of the evening / Martina Navratilova --
The forbidden zone / Michael Mewshaw. VII. Artistry and psychology: Footwork and the preservation of rhythm and balance / Suzanne Lenglen --
Winning / Althea Gibson --
The style of Rod Laver / Julius D. Heldman --
Levels of the game / John McPhee --
The mental aspects of tennis / Martina Navratilova. VIII. The modern personalities: You've come a long way, Billie / Grace Lichtenstein --
Chris Evert, the cold and absolute fire / Peter Bodo --
Jimmy Connors / Rich Koster --
Becker / Gordon Burn --
Educating Andre / Martha Sherrill. IX. Tradition and the game: Lawn tennis / Robert D. Osborn --
Etiquette / Helen Wills --
Court manners and etiquette / Rod Laver --
'You cannot be serious' / John Feinstein --
Tennis personalities / Martin Amis --
My life with Gabriela Sabatini / Alistair Cooke.

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