Two young tennis stars revived the sport by embodying that fate of athletic-aesthetic duality that had made Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer so fascinating. This article from The New York Review of Books deepens in this antagonistic game from two books: Rafa Nadal: King of the Land, Christopher Clarey, and Changing Cycle: the rivalry that defines the new tennis era, by Giri Nathan.Vladimir Nabokov knew about tennis. He had grown up practicing that…
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Two young tennis stars revived the sport by embodying that fate of athletic-aesthetic duality that had made Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer so fascinating. This article from The New York Review of Books deepens in this antagonistic game from two books: Rafa Nadal: King of the Land, Christopher Clarey, and Changing Cycle: the rivalry that defines the new tennis era, by Giri Nathan.Vladimir Nabokov knew about tennis. He had grown up practicing that…