Tennis's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over five centuries of tennis
Tennis's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over five centuries of tennis
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 âMatch of the Centuryâ between the âWomenâs Libberâ and the âMale Chauvinist Pigâ. 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 âpiggy-backâ. 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 âstrawberries and creamâ game as youâve never seen it before.
Word count: 45,000
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Tennis's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over five centuries of tennis
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 âMatch of the Centuryâ between the âWomenâs Libberâ and the âMale Chauvinist Pigâ. 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 âpiggy-backâ. 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 âstrawberries and creamâ game as youâve 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 âMatch of the Centuryâ between the âWomenâs Libberâ and the âMale Chauvinist Pigâ. 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 âpiggy-backâ. 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 âstrawberries and creamâ game as youâve never seen it before.
Word count: 45,000
