本书是21世纪伟大的网球运动员之一、22个大满贯男子单打桂冠得主、网球场上无可争议的国王、西班牙的愤怒公牛拉斐尔-纳达尔的完整指南。

这本图文并茂的传记记录了他的网球之旅，从他早年在马洛卡被叔叔托尼指导，梦想成为一名职业足球运动员，到他早期的比赛生涯，转为职业球员，赢得高级ATP比赛，在罗兰-加洛斯赢得大满贯，初次赢得温布尔登，初次获得奥运会桂冠，以及打破纪录的第22次大满贯胜利。

多米尼克-布利斯是一位网球记者，他在球场内外都密切关注着纳达尔的职业生涯，这本传记追踪了拉法从痛苦的害羞的小男孩到ATP巡回赛的高级政治家的旅程。

本书围绕他漫长的职业生涯中的10场关键比赛展开，带领读者从他14岁时初次获得全国青少年锦标赛桂冠（当时他带着球拍上断裂的手指的疼痛进行比赛），到2022年1月获得第21个大满贯桂冠，他在两盘落后的情况下，在一场史诗般的5盘比赛中击败了丹尼尔-梅德韦杰夫。

从他需要在球场上以 "特定方式 "摆放水瓶，到他为红十字会筹集1700万美元以支持受冠状病毒大流行影响的人的慈善工作，本书从各个角度探讨了拉法作为一个人、一个模范运动员、一个连续的赢家。这本关于网球历史上伟大的人物之一的作品不容错过!

This book is the complete guide to one of the greatest tennis players of the 21st century, winner of 22 grand slam men's singles titles, and undisputed King of the tennis court, Spain's raging bull, Rafael Nadal.

This fully illustrated biography charts his journey to the top, from his early days being coached by his uncle Toni in Mallorca and dreaming of being a professional footballer, through his early tournament career, turning professional, his first senior ATP win, first grand slam win at Roland Garros, first Wimbledon win and first Olympic gold medal and record breaking 22st Grand Slam win.

Written by Dominic Bliss, a veteran tennis journalist who has followed Nadal's career closely both on and off the court, this biography tracks Rafa's journey from painfully shy pin-up boy to senior statesman on the ATP Tour.

Structured around 10 key matches in his long career, it takes readers from his first national junior championship win at age 14 (when he played with the pain of a broken finger on his racquet hand) through to his 21st Grand Slam title in January 2022, where he came back from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev in an epic 5-set match.

From his need for water bottles to be arranged 'a certain way' on the court, to his charity work raising $17 million to help the Red Cross' efforts to support those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, this book examines every angle of Rafa as a human being, a model athlete, a serial winner. This definitive work on one of tennis' all time greats is not to be missed!

作者简介

多米尼克-布利斯在过去25年里一直在撰写关于网球的文章。他曾是《网球》杂志和《英国网球》杂志的编辑，也曾担任《金融时报》的网球记者，并写过两本关于网球的书。多年来，他曾多次采访过拉法，首先是在这位年轻球员开始参加ATP巡回赛的时候，后来在巴黎、马德里和马洛卡的杂志上接受任务。

Dominic Bliss has been writing on tennis for the past 25 years. Former editor of Ace Tennis magazine and British Tennis magazine, he also worked as tennis correspondent for the Financial Times, and has written two previous books on tennis. He has interviewed Rafa several times over the years, first when the young player was embarking on the ATP Tour, and later on assignment for magazines in Paris, Madrid and Mallorca.