{"product_id":"9781504027588","title":"Game, Set, and Match: The Tennis Boom of the 1960s and '70s","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe leading players and outstanding matches of two thrilling decades in tennis history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Rod Laver’s amateur Grand Slam in 1962 to the first US Open held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, legendary sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind captures the grace and drama of modern tennis in this brilliant collection drawn from the pages of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The era’s biggest names, including Margaret Court, Chris Evert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, and Pancho Gonzales, thrill the crowds of Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and Forest Hills, and America’s Davis Cup team battles patriotic linesmen and frenzied fans in an epic showdown against the Romanians in Bucharest. In “Mrs. King versus Mr. Riggs,” Wind paints a witty and evocative portrait of Billy Jean King’s historic beatdown of Bobby Riggs, and in “Forest Hills and the Final Between Connors and Borg,” he vividly recounts one of the wildest and woolliest tournaments in the sport’s history.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Rendered with the same authority and eloquence that led the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eto declare Wind the dean of American golf writers, these dispatches from center court testify to the celebrated journalist’s passion and versatility.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172308271344,"sku":"9781504027588","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504027588_p0.jpg?v=1763711406","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504027588","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}