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003			OSt
005			20131004110508.0
008			130125s2013 enkac 000 0beng d
020			_a9781782192282 (pbk.)
020			_a178219228X (pbk.)
035			_a(eLGAR).b2746684x
035			_a(OCoLC)826659652
040			_aUKMGB _beng _cUKMGB _dOCLCO _dAP
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100	1		_aBowers, Chris.
245	1	0	_aFederer / _cChris Bowers.
250			_aRev. and updated ed.
260			_aLondon : _bJohn Blake, _c2013.
300			_axi, 404 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., ports. ; _c20 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aWith his Olympic gold medal from 2008, a silver medal from the London 2012 Olympic Games and another Wimbledon title under his belt, Federer has now achieved legendary status in the wider sporting world. This authoritative and affectionate biography traces the rise of Federer, from his first tentative strokes with a tennis racket to how he dealt with being sent away to a training academy where he struggled to communicate in a French-speaking part of Switzerland; and how he handled the sudden death of his first real coach and mentor. It looks at his development as a sportsman and how he has matured into a family man with his marriage to Mirka Vavrinec and the birth of their twin girls. It also examines how Roger bounced back from arguable one of the most challenging periods of his career as, following a serious illness and a dip in form, his run of successive Wimbledon championship wins was ended and he was toppled from the number one spot by his long-time rival Rafael Nadal.
600	1	0	_aFederer, Roger, _d1981-
650		0	_aTennis players _zSwitzerland _vBiography.
942			_2ddc _cNONFIC
999			_c30494 _d30494