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The Warrior
- Author
- Christopher Clarey
- Narrator
- Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 13 May 2025
- Run Time
- 14 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Tennis, Biography: sport
What to expect
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Master comes an intimate biography of tennis’s enduring champion Rafael Nadal.
In The Warrior, Christopher Clarey, Rafael Nadal's most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles. Nadal has won big on tennis's many surfaces en route to becoming one of the greatest players of all time: securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and four U.S. Open titles on cushioned acrylic hardcourts. But clay, the slowest and grittiest of the game’s playgrounds, is where it all comes together best for his tactical skills, whipping topspin forehand and gladiatorial mindset. Clay is to Rafael Nadal what water is to Michael Phelps, which helps explain one of the most impressive individual sports achievements of the 21st century.
Clarey draws on interviews over many years with Nadal and his team and with rivals like Roger Federer. Not just a book about tennis, The Warrior draws much wider lessons from Nadal’s approach to competition.
Critics Review
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“Though the narrative focuses on Nadal, Roland-Garros’s clay courts become a character in their own right as Clarey provides rich background on the event’s history... It’s a meticulous recap of one of tennis’s great achievements.”—Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Author
- Christopher Clarey
- Narrator
- Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duration
- 14 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 May 2025
- ISBN
- 9781668640180
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Tennis, Biography: sport
Synopsis
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Master comes an intimate biography of tennis’s enduring champion Rafael Nadal.  In The Warrior, Christopher Clarey,  Rafael Nadal's most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles. Nadal has won big  on tennis's many surfaces en route to becoming one of the greatest players of all time: securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and four U.S. Open titles on cushioned acrylic hardcourts. But clay, the slowest and grittiest of the game’s playgrounds, is where it all comes together best for his tactical skills, whipping topspin forehand and gladiatorial mindset. Clay is to Rafael Nadal what water is to Michael Phelps, which helps explain one of the most impressive individual sports achievements of the 21st century.  Clarey draws on interviews over many years with Nadal and his team and with rivals like Roger Federer. Not just a book about tennis, The Warrior draws much wider lessons from Nadal’s approach to competition.
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