From the bestselling author of The Master, longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. An intimate, original biography of tennis legend Rafael Nadal, and the first to cover his entire career.

After his award-winning look at Roger Federer, Christopher Clarey, one of the world's leading tennis writers, focuses his attention on Nadal, the Spanish force of nature. When he entered the scene in 2005, the record for men's singles titles at the French Open was six. Nadal more than doubled that total to an incredible fourteen titles: one of the greatest sporting achievements ever. Nadal achieved great success and won frequently on all of tennis's surfaces: securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and six on the US Open and Australian Open hard courts.

But clay, the toughest surface of the game, is where it all came together best for his powerful forehand and warrior mentality. Clarey, who has covered Nadal since he was seventeen, draws from twenty years of interviews with Nadal, his team, and rivals like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Full of behind-the-scenes insights, The Warrior tells the story of a global sporting icon, blending man and place in a unique, must-read account of the evolution of excellence.

Pages: 368, Year of Publication: 0812, Dimensions: 16.2x16.2cm