THE RACKET

p b Well worth a read if you want the inside track on life on the lower rungs of the tennis circuit Warts and all i Judy Murray i b br br b i A i s elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand It s i Kitchen Confidential i for tennis i Ed Caesar i b br br b A really wonderful read Conor Niland has delivered an all timer for tennis and sports journalism i Ashlee Vance i b br br b Conor Niland may only have managed a career high ranking of 129 i only i that is some achievement in itself but i The Racket i his account of how he managed this is up there with the best half dozen books on tennis ever written i Geoff Dyer i b br br b Genuinely such a brilliant book a brilliant read i Ciarán Murphy Second Captains Podcast i b br br i i br br When Conor Niland was 16 he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri s famed tennis academy Conor the Irish junior number one was feeling a bit homesick Serena also 16 already owned her own house beside the academy br br Conor Niland knows what it s like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing room i Ciao bonjour hello i and he has had the exquisitely terrible experience of facing Novak Djokovic in t