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Publishing are delighted to have acquired two new books from John Bercow,
Speaker of the House of Commons. Tennis Maestros: The Twenty Greatest Male Tennis
Players of All Time, will be published in September 2013, with The Twenty Greatest Female Tennis Players of
All Time following in 2014. Bercow, a former competitive tennis player and a qualified tennis coach assesses the merits of the maestros of the game, and proposes a ranked list of the all-time greats, from today’s champions – including Nadal, Federer and Djokovic, to champions from earlier eras, including William Renshaw and the Doherty brothers.
Court surfaces and ball speeds have changed, racket technology has revolutionised the game and trying to distinguish the best from the rest is as challenging as it is fun. Bercow draws on published records of past glories and offers his own analysis and reasoning for his choice of the twenty all-time greats.
Biteback Publisher, Iain Dale said ‘We are delighted to be publishing John’s books. A lot of people who have never associated the Speaker of the House of Commons with tennis will be surprised, but John has always been a passionate advocate of the game as both a player and a coach and his knowledge of it is extraordinary. In an age when the popularity of the sport of tennis has never been higher, John provides an excellent guide to its leading exponents.’
John Bercow said "Tennis has been my passion since a very young age. The opportunity to set out, from the position of a fan, those twenty male players who I believe to be the all-time greats, is something I'm delighted to be undertaking."
For more information please contact Suzanne Sangster on 020 7091 1260